Independence can have a very sour sensation

Often, a person that is politically independent can be associated with a career position or workplace environment that requires consideration beyond any partisan ideal.

In such cases, a person has greater responsibility than the norm to remain independent of mind, regardless of their vote, which maintains an ability to ethically serve in their respective career position or workplace environments. An observer wouldn't always know, yet this is a trait that can sometimes be observed, such as in James Comey. The Guardian's Tom McCarthy wrote a profile on Comey earlier this year that delves into the path he's traversed throughout his life that led him to this awkward, albeit temporary, judgement he's under today.

Not everyone is concerned with ethic. Partisan politics can become brutal when a quantity of people choose to hard-line one side or another. It seems that hard-lining is the easiest, reactionary method of gaining the attention needed to pass some legislative measure or avoid one. At times, it can seem that the only goal of any near-sighted Party loyalty is chaos. Because Party loyalty is an effective antithesis of consensus, it can be distressing to any unity . . . be that unity an image or a state of mind.

Except for the kind of strict Party loyalty that feeds the more vicious everyday banter on social sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. That could be considered a different story a loyalty that breeds trouble. Unreal allegations and innuendos pervade the experience. It's no-holds-barred because of the ambiance of social entertainment. It struggles to present an accurate image. So much is fake. Yet, it's real because it's the world of so many. The day's news is increasingly absorbed via social updates and inappropriate banter, while simultaneously these platforms are the lands of least consensus and most fake news, slick 'community' dontchya-thinks and risk of social alienation on a greater scale than ever before possible.

In the case of legal proceedings, such as the current Senate Intelligence Committee hearing of James Comey, strict Party loyalty could be regarded as a flaw congruent with the depth of loyalty to any one political party. Mind us, a flaw that former FBI Director Comey has a reputation of keen awareness to, and avoidance of, all in the public interest.