In more than one instance I have watched followers of the hard left partyline get hammered by their own people for disagreeing with anything their overlords posit.

On the other hand, it’s not only considered acceptible but nearly mandatory that conservatives question- and in the case of this horrid immigration bill, attempt to counter- the actions of their party leaders.

The idea of thinking for yourself and making up your own mind is “supposed” to be the exclusive property of the left, but IN the left, you can only make up your own mind if you end up agreeing with the party line.

“there’s a sucker born every minute” applies nowhere more thoroughly than to people who would believe that more government is good, that higher taxes are good, that government controlled anything is good.

Questioning authority is the only way to behave- and you have to question the authority you most trust first.