Different ideas affect different people in different ways. For example, not having affordable healthcare affects people directly and might very well be a death

Different ideas affect different people in different ways. For example, not having affordable healthcare affects people directly and might very well be a death sentence to some. Often, popular left-leaning causes are like that - causes where people are left vulnerable if they lose: Equal rights for LGBT people, gender, race, and immigration issues, etc. So of course, people are going to react very strongly to someone who is against that, because they are deeply and directly impacted.