This is the same concept as a blameless post-mortem. Or the difference between the end of WWI and WWII peace treaty wise. You can blame and morally demonize the

This is the same concept as a blameless post-mortem. Or the difference between the end of WWI and WWII peace treaty wise. You can blame and morally demonize the right all you want; and you make a reasonable argument why you'd be correct to do so. And yet, that mindset will not convince them to change. it'll just make things worse and eventually the unstoppable force will meet the immovable object. "There are certainly elements of the "left" that are unhelpfully unwilling to compromise, but they're not even in the same zip code as the problems with today's American right wing, and painting them with the same brush makes it much harder to approach genuine solutions to these problems. " Sounds like an argument for solving problems at the most local level possible. Something that the right used to champion and the left is fundamentally against. But also where there could be common ground if people wanted to actually solve problems instead of "dunking" on people and scoring more partisan points.