[8note]

To me they sound like a fun person to be around?

People with strong opinions have strong opinions about a lot of things, and are good to bounce ideas off of

Mind you, I'm friends with people who are fans of gun rights, free speech, and ensuring abortion access

[kethinov]

From the reporting I've seen, the issue here is not that these are the kinds of people with strong opinions that are fun to bounce ideas off of, these are the kind of people with strong opinions who if you disagree with will escalate the situation to intolerable levels such as refusing to accept a perfectly sincere apology and then equating it with genocide. This isn't the fun debate crowd, it's "the conflict is abuse" crowd.

I love a good debate with someone who disagrees with me in good faith, but that other sort of person is just exhausting and counterproductive to debate anything with.

[uh_uh]

It is not my intention here to cast judgement on people belonging to either side of the political spectrum. Just wanted to make sure that no double standards are applied in OP's hiring practises.

[predaking]

Appreciated, and glad I was able to clarify things for you!