Dan, the youngest sibling, remains neutral and doesn’t take sides during the argument.

Source: https://thirdage.com/sibling-rivalry-unresolved-emotions-can-resurface-with-the-death-of-a-parent/

Get ready for Grootfall, folks, because apparently, it "does not take sides"… or does it?

Source: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-preview-peace-negotiations/

“I believe the U.S. should stay out of its allies’ domestic governance, and it is particularly foolish to take sides in what are largely foreign domestic partisan disputes,” he said.

Source: https://www.jta.org/2023/03/14/politics/conservative-political-activism-has-grown-increasingly-crusading-these-jews-feel-right-at-home

It didn't take long for Aiken County's Congressman to take sides against new House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/aikenstandard/tickets-on-sale-for-mistletoe-merlot-christmas-sale/article_9d0bb8b4-7804-11ee-89f8-6fe82596d95d.html

Thirty years after they clashed so badly on set the crew were forced "to take sides", they both went on the same chat show (at different times) and continued to air their dirty laundry.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1733599/Burt-Reynolds-feud-with-Kathleen-Turner-Switching-Channels-Hollywood

Why would a president take sides like that?

Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/09/30/views-from-the-nations-press-31/