> To the contrary, we are so ideologically invested in the purity of our democracy that much of what the other party does seems like a threat to it. I don't un

> To the contrary, we are so ideologically invested in the purity of our democracy that much of what the other party does seems like a threat to it. I don't understand this. You are explicitly not defending democracy here and instead just argue for partisan talking points. Democracy as a topic is pretty absent here, nevermind its supposed purity. It isn't really a defense of democracy if you haven't even started.