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Ah yes, the “I can’t be wrong because they’re clearly evil and the cause of all the world’s ills” argument. Sounds so familiar…

Consider that everyone sees themselves as the hero… but that doesn’t mean you actually are, maybe, just maybe you are just as culpable as the person you’re accusing.

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Note that you could use your objection to defend nazism too. You can't "moral relativism" everything.

Republicans are currently the ones undermining the foundations or our republic, stripping rights from minorites (Texas just passed a bill that made it illegal to be trans), deporting people with no due process, arresting dissenting politicians and academics.

They're the ones plunging this country into economical ruin, destroying medicare and medicaid to transfer the savings to the 1% through massive tax cuts while letting everyone that depended on these programs die.

Everyone in support of these ideas is intolerant in my book, and I don't see why I should show empathy to a people that would rather see me in a camp.

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You like many are confusing pity with empathy. You don’t need to feel bad for them you need to understand them.

Just based on the stuff you say here it’s pretty clear you very closely align yourself with “progressive values”. Many studies show that those who hold progressive beliefs, struggle to even accurately articulate the values and beliefs of those they believe they appose. Much less actually understand them.

You very clearly exhibit this behavior as well.

If you can’t understand the person who’s talking opposite you there is no way to come to an understanding, if you refuse to attempt to understand them, you can’t blame them for the state of animosity.