"Polarization" is an awful, borderline evil way to understand the world today. I hate that is mainstream. Every single time an extreme right-wing populist runs

"Polarization" is an awful, borderline evil way to understand the world today. I hate that is mainstream. Every single time an extreme right-wing populist runs against any opponent who is _not_ extreme right-wing, the media portrays the election as a "sad reminder of our polarized world". That is absolute bullshit. Anywhere in the world, the histrionics, the deranged conspiracy theories, the chtonic racialism always come from one side alone, while the other side - which is more often than not garden variety right-wing, mind you - mumbles "let's not do that". But somehow mainstream media successfully portrays this dynamic as "polarization" and "a fight between two extremes".