"The two parties are the same!"
"You got hit in the head with a metal baseball bat? I got hit in the head with a plastic baseball bat! Same thing! We both got hit in the head by baseball bats!"
"You got hit in the head with a metal baseball bat? I got hit in the head with a plastic baseball bat! Same thing! We both got hit in the head by baseball bats!"
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.