Right, each side is correct within its own framing of the issue, they are both right according to their own separate standards. Both sides are villainizing the

Right, each side is correct within its own framing of the issue, they are both right according to their own separate standards. Both sides are villainizing the other side, and you’re right: they don’t have to. It’s not necessary to say the other side is wrong or immoral. The problem is that in many ways it is pretty effective rally & argument strategy, at least locally & temporarily; it does help some people who mildly agree with it to cement their position and have dramatic talking points that spread. How do we break the cycle of increasing polarization? I honestly don’t know. It seems to be happening not just for abortion but for everything. All policy and culture, even innocuous stuff, seems to be getting polarized and tribalized in service of the politicians. Rejecting the extremist and villainizing framings of the opponent, on both sides, might help. Listening to and accepting the other side’s reasoning often does wonders for having civil conversation. I like to think of political debates as simply prioritizing what we want, and I wish our political debates would stop name-calling and just evaluate and rank the priorities rationally. This is hard to do though, it takes a lot of work, and there are conflicting priorities. Yelling and polarizing is way easier, takes less work, and is helping some politicians get what they want without having to be polite to their opponents or spend time evaluating their arguments. Maybe it would do some good if we can just help everybody we know see that our debates are mostly making us all tools of the politicians?