Yes! And if I may be so bold, as a former polisci wonk, "ally" has connotations of actual material/strategic contribution - money, arms, permission for passage through other-owned land - that conveys that something of worth has been contributed to a cause. Being basically decent is not the kind of significant actual contribution that "ally" implies to me.
Yes! And if I may be so bold, as a former polisci wonk, "ally" has connotations of actual material/strategic contribution - money, arms, permission for passage through other-owned land - that conveys that something of worth has been contributed to a cause. Being basically decent is not the kind of significant actual contribution that "ally" implies to me.
Yes! And if I may be so bold, as a former polisci wonk, "ally" has connotations of actual material/strategic contribution - money, arms, permission for passage through other-owned land - that conveys that something of worth has been contributed to a cause. Being basically decent is not the kind of significant actual contribution that "ally" implies to me.
Exactly this.