My liberal friend and I “discuss” some issues where we disagree, but we both keep certain topics sacrosanct from discussion when we can’t handle the potential for friendship breakage. For me, it’s Trump. For her, it’s critical race theory. She lives in a completely white environment and her emotional life is controlled by the story of an aunt’s family having been supportive of segregation in the far distant past of Virginia. She’s now trying to get her cousin to talk about what it was like being raised by her aunt and uncle. I truly don’t understand how this becomes her major emotional issue, but it does seem to be spreading throughout liberals.
Mairdie, this has become a religious creed among the left. No longer are political issues merely about policies and their consequences, but they have assumed the form of religious dogma. In this situation, one side will no longer vote for another side simply because they don't like the policies. This is why despite massive crime waves, huge inflation, etc. white liberal/leftists would never consider voting Republican. They see Republicans as an evil entity that cannot compete for their votes. It is easier to get a Christian to renounce Christ than to get a white liberal to vote Republican.