No worries and likewise. I appreciate the discussion. One of the things I noted from your comments is how little room there is for earnest political positions

No worries and likewise. I appreciate the discussion. One of the things I noted from your comments is how little room there is for earnest political positions these days (i.e. actual policy-preferences vs identity-based). I know that's part of the general point you were making, and you're essentially suggesting that folks just not take the bait of splitting themselves along this binary axis. I completely agree that engaging in that way is part of the problem, but I'm frankly not sure how to manage down the real harm being done by those practicing the "other kind of politics" without addressing the harm they're causing or the pernicious ideas they're spreading. But addressing it runs the risk of promulgating it. Therein lies the trap. Anyway, thanks again.