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by brightball 3861 days ago
It is dishonest but it's how political conversation has worked for a while now.

1. Create a label. 2. Demonize that label. 3. Associate people with that label.

That is the extent of political conversation. You see it pop up whenever you try to have a discussion on a topic and people start lashing out at things you haven't even thought about much less discussed. They're not having a conversation with you, they've having a conversation with a caricature.