> Since people are downvoting me ... let me make the point more explicit: no, Bob and Alice aren't literally going to have that conversation at work. I get that

> Since people are downvoting me ... let me make the point more explicit: no, Bob and Alice aren't literally going to have that conversation at work. I get that. You were trying to use an outlier, an extremist situation (badly representing the opposing part) to frame a discussion about general principles for politics. Of course you will get downvoted. It’s not a constructive contribution.