A fair point; I should have written that more carefully. But if Amy says, "Bob is a hypocrite and you can't trust anything he says", and Bob responds, "Amy is d

A fair point; I should have written that more carefully. But if Amy says, "Bob is a hypocrite and you can't trust anything he says", and Bob responds, "Amy is demonizing me" - Amy and Bob are not equally guilty of demonization. Perhaps I should have written: There's a serious problem that large numbers of conservative leaders and elite engage in demonization and dehumanization of others, to the point where it has become normalized, acceptable political discourse for them.