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Lack of tolerance is the issue.
Which is ironic, given that traditionally the left has been known as being much more tolerant than the right.
I don't see that anymore, online or with the people I know personally.
My family has split over it. My brother refuses to ever speak to my father again because he believes my father voted for Trump.
The excuses I hear are similar to your comment, but mostly boil down to:
1) take a wedge issue
2) build a strawman around it and a dramatic case that doesn't reflect reality
3) somehow make it personal and claim victimhood
4) use that victim status to demonize the "attacker"
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Lack of tolerance is the issue.
Which is ironic, given that traditionally the left has been known as being much more tolerant than the right.
I don't see that anymore, online or with the people I know personally.
My family has split over it. My brother refuses to ever speak to my father again because he believes my father voted for Trump.
The excuses I hear are similar to your comment, but mostly boil down to:
1) take a wedge issue
2) build a strawman around it and a dramatic case that doesn't reflect reality
3) somehow make it personal and claim victimhood
4) use that victim status to demonize the "attacker"