So do the conservative/Trumpish extremists that hurl insults do anything to convince you your side is wrong?
And it is the most unlikeable and disgusting of those you disagree with that you want to emulate?
Look, maybe the detail that's being missed is if some individual idiot comes up and starts insulting you, sure go ahead and call him names back. We'd probably all do it, productive or not.
But don't decide you should call all people with a viewpoint that you think is stupid names, because some people with stupid views call others names.
63 million Americans voted for Trump. As much as that blows my mind, and makes me kind of sad for democracy and the human race, there are many decent and smart people that made that choice. Calling them all names because I disagree with their political choice seems as ignorant as the people on the other side that call names of those they disagree with. Those are the last people whose behaviour I'd want emulate.
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