It's very easy to fall into a trap of thinking whereby you make a decision based on choosing one side or the other, rather than choosing truth. For example, ask someone to give their opinion on a political issue, and often you will hear, "Well, I'm a (political party), so I think..." That's not thinking about the issue, it's choosing sides. To be fair, one hopes that much thought went into the decision to choose that side in the first place, but it's still not the point. No side can contain all truth and no falsehood. Life is made up of shades of grey. You may choose a side, but it would be miraculous if your side always picked issues the same way you pick them.
We see this behavior on this board a lot with the sides being JW versus exJW, but that too is a fallacy. Decide an issue on its own merits, not because of taking a side. An exJW says something; does that mean you must agree? Of course not. The WTS teaches something; does that necessarily make it wrong? Of course not.
A discussion takes place, and someone you trust says something. Do you just say "ditto"? Is it because you agree 100%, or just because he or she is on "your side"? That distinction is important.
In a discussion an America, one poster noted their political persuasion, and another posted high-fived the first poster. 'Yaaa, my side!' Do those two posters agree on everything, let alone merely in the political realm? Almost certainly not, but hey, they're on my side!
Those of use who left the WTS had to break free from black-and-white thinking instilled in us by them. It was Us-versus-The Word, Jehovah-versus-Satan, JWs-versus-Apostates. Well, that thinking was shallow and flawed. Life is more complex. However, it's easier to fall back into that same pattern and just choose sides again, this time choosing a different side. It's why people can easily gravitate toward organizations. Instead of having to think for themselves (which is hard), they can just pick a side (which is easy).
When you make decisions, do you choose truth? Or do you choose sides?