This situation is packed with a lot of cross-talk, strawpeople [1], and derailing exaggeration. I don't know how to unravel it when everyone is so primed to get

This situation is packed with a lot of cross-talk, strawpeople [1], and derailing exaggeration. I don't know how to unravel it when everyone is so primed to get up on soapboxes and opine about things they don't understand. [1] I used this word back when I thought feminists were a bunch of idiots. It sounds better to me. Get off your soapbox.