Rebbe reb Yonason of Eibshits ask that question in the era of the machlokes of him and the Yavets. When stam people were taking sides, he turned the chad gadia all around.
If the cat is busy with the mouse, you dog why get involved? So: the dog was wrong, the stick was right, fire was wrong, water was right, cow was wrong, shochet was right, malach hamoves was wrong and HKB”H was right so to speak.
Of course the message was that when gedolei yesroel not on your caliber fight, stay away.