It's interesting that you're making a both-sides argument while complaining about people making both-sides arguments. I mostly hear "both sides, both sides" coming from one side in particular. The other side just blames that one side.
I'm complaining about people who refuse to deal with the fact that these two groups cannot meet in the middle on a single thing. Everything is life and death, or some dramatic replay of a day time soap.
I'm not complaining about people making both sides arguments.