Well said. It seems like it's human nature when your side gets the upper hand, you demonize and attack the other. One of my friends is fairly liberal-oriented

Well said. It seems like it's human nature when your side gets the upper hand, you demonize and attack the other. One of my friends is fairly liberal-oriented and she openly says that the "hateful" right doesn't deserve rights or free speech. Her and her friends motto is "tolerance of the intolerant is an oxymoron". For all her talk of love of humans, animals ( she's a vegan ), etc, she has a terrible anger inside her. I don't know how we fight against our ugly impulses other than adhering to our principles of equality, free speech and individual rights. It is a difficult and worrying time we live in because neither side is interested in dialogue and each side accuses the other of be hateful and sequesters themselves in their respective echo chambers which radicalizes them even further.