Identify the type of sentence. When you can see both sides of an issue equally well, you find it difficult to take a stand, but some people insist that you take one side or the other.
This is a complex sentence. It is composed of one dependent clause and two independent clauses. Dependent clause: "When you can see both sides of an issue equally well" Independent clauses: "you find it difficult to take a stand" + but + "some people insist that you take one side or the other."