> This post resonates strongly with me. I would consider myself a far-left progressive, supporting single payer health care, free schooling, absolute equal rig

> This post resonates strongly with me. I would consider myself a far-left progressive, supporting single payer health care, free schooling, absolute equal rights for all types of people, breaking up banks, heavy taxes on the rich, complete drug legalization, sane immigration laws etc. Ditto. >It's nearly impossible to go into depth and have nuanced discussion about sensitive topics even with people who would probably agree with you if they were just willing to listen. I've left a local tech channel because of this. As soon as a topic takes a serious bent and someone is upset, everyone tries to change the topic. I left when I got a 24hr ban for trying to understand why a discussion of gun laws was "keeping ladies away and making the ones here uncomfortable" and just wouldn't be satisfied with a non-answer because in Pittsburgh, it's almost 50/50 in terms of gender and gun ownership. I didn't respect that person's feelings, I was told. They derailed a nice conversation and offered no understand. I wasn't the only person left confused. "I'm sorry, I don't like gun discussion for personal reasons" is all they needed to say, but no, it was "another" example (which they couldn't provide any others) of male culture (note most of my friends who are the biggest gun nerds are female) pushing ladies away. Another time I had people get upset because I mentioned that certain hiring practices that are discriminatory to women (because they stereotypically do the housework) are also are discriminatory to men who take part in their household. I wasn't trying to lessen the issues of women in tech, just adding my personal frustration and that I can relate. But no, I got reamed by everyone. > What I've found is that the liberal base has become so polarized and uniform that any slight deviation from the narrative leads to accusation, labeling, and insults. It's like the left has acquired and autoimmune disorder and is attacking itself. Exactly, it's extremely frustrated, especially when I'm _agreeing_ with these people 99% of the time.