> There are extremes on both sides I agree with this. I may not 100% agree that the extremists on both sides are as extreme, but for the sake of argument I'll

> There are extremes on both sides I agree with this. I may not 100% agree that the extremists on both sides are as extreme, but for the sake of argument I'll fully grant you this point. My issue though, is that I don't feel that anyone can say with a straight face that the extremists on the left/liberal/Democratic side have has much influence and power with the party apparatus as on the right/conservative/Republican side. Sure, Alex Jones and his small faction of followers are about as extreme as it gets, but then I'd like to think you'd see Republican leaders up and down denouncing him and distancing themselves from him. Instead I see influential figures on the right like Steve Bannon, former chief strategist in the White House, defend him: > Republican strategist Steve Bannon suggested Jones and his supporters surround the building, requiring anyone attempting to kick him out to “come through a chain of patriots.” - https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/06/06/489838/alex-jones-came-for-parents-of-sandy-hook-victims-now-theyre-coming-for-his-ranch/ https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/06/06/... The reason I can't stomach "the other side" is not that they have insane grifter extremists like Jones. It's that so many other more folks on that side with real power somehow and for some reason defend Jones.