Politics as a partisan team fandom model is a race to the bottom. "It’s fine if my guy does it and bad if your guy does it" steadily normalizes reprehensible behavior. Using the crimes and misdeeds of your opponents to justify your own side's is moral and political capitulation.
Sometimes you'll be tempted to say a specific Christopher Nolan movie isn't good and when that temptation arises you need to sit down and ask yourself "how did I fail Christopher Nolan?" In @bendreyfuss's case, for instance, the answer is "Didn't understand INCEPTION."