More two cents and then I'll shut up

I think a lot of people miss why empathy is running thin. Most people aren't angry because someone prefers a different tax policy. They're angry because "other issues matter more" is often used to justify supporting politicians who target LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, women, and other marginalized groups. Is saying Republicans shouldn't be on a website extreme? Yeah, probably. But acting like people's frustration came out of nowhere is weird too. We've spent years being told to empathize with people who vote for politicians that make our lives harder, then get called intolerant when we're angry about it. At some point people stop seeing it as a disagreement over politics and start seeing it as a disagreement over whether they deserve the same rights and respect as everyone else.