Alternative for night elf and forsaken fans

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Genn’s actions in Stormheim could have led to a nuanced faction war.

I as an Alliance player have a ton of arguments I could toss out to excuse and downplay Genn’s actions, and allegories to compare them to Horde actions to push the point that the Horde is still far worse even if Genn did do wrong (which is an admittance that the first line of arguments didn’t work, but this being a fight on the internet, I will loudly deny that I had to concede anything) - but, ultimately, it was a bad (if understandable) move on Genn’s part.

…But then Blizzard decided to turn Horde villainy up to 11 in the very first act of the faction war expansion.

So the Genn argument turns into this:

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A lot of arguments like this seem to eventually fall into the same rut:

“Look at this terrible thing the Alliance did!”
What they probably mean: “The Alliance does bad things, too. It’s not just the Horde, and the Alliance isn’t perfectly squeaky clean. It’s not a black and white fight.”
What the other side often hears: “Look at this! The Alliance is clearly just as morally bad as the Horde!”
(and in some bad cases: “Maybe even worse! I’m sure the Alliance dead deserved it somehow!”)

So, what they counter with: “Well, the Horde has done worse than that!”
What they probably mean: “Okay, yes, the Alliance does bad things. But one side kicks a puppy while the other murders people - the factions are far from equal right now!”

What the other side often hears: “Anything the Alliance does is automatically excused by this thing the Horde did! Stop whining about your piddly losses, and how dare you besmirch the glorious perfect Alliance!” ( spontaneously turns into male human paladin with a Garithos moustache )

And then this cycle repeats until everyone is too angry to keep talking to each other because they feel the other side is dismissing or ignoring their real argument.