Comment by mindslight

I am certainly willing to accept, and empathize with, people being bombarded by political propaganda that leads them to stupid ideas. There is no shortage of this, across all political stripes.

What I will decidedly not accept is when people steadfastly refuse to listen to their fellow citizens' criticisms of their chosen propaganda, but instead go on the offensive attacking anyone who deviates from it - even when people are trying to engage with them using their own stated preferences regarding morals, rights, economics, etc! This is the highly toxic dynamic underlying the actual division, and is exactly what enables the negative-sum con job based around vice signalling.