I think that would only have worked temporarily. Over time people would grow skeptical of labels. If there's anything that's a truism about the current environm

I think that would only have worked temporarily. Over time people would grow skeptical of labels. If there's anything that's a truism about the current environment, it's an earned distrust of elite opinion and a distrust of their attempts to characterize different viewpoints as unserious. It could even backfire as people want to watch what the controversy is about.