Originally Posted by at6d

And that’s a good point. I think the majority of us in the middle of the political spectrum (I.e. not the left or right fringe) would gladly leave the fringes aside and have a constructive conversation. Debate and meeting at a common ground is imperative to a successful democratic republic. Unfortunately, constructive conversation has been trampled over by absolutists of the left and right. We also only have a very short context of the total event in this case...obviously there are three or more sides to this story.