Plenty of smart and well-intentioned people here on FR.
Sometimes, we don’t agree.
I can’t say they’re “dumbed down”, as long as they engage in intellectually honest debate.
You have more faith in some folks that I do.
When someone is claiming one group of people have a right to another group of peoples private property and claim to be conservatives while making such arguments, and attack those who dare to point out the first ammendments freedom to association and fundamental right to own property. I see no other conclusion, assuming they are adults, than they have been dumbed down horrificly by whatever education they were subjected to growing up.
Those are fundamental principles, they are fringe ideas or judicial interpretations, but fundamental principles. Every person should who’s had any sort of reasonable education should know and understand these by the age of 12 at the latest. The only way you can reach adulthood without recognizing these is to be left completely ignorant of your national heritage or to have been subjected to horrific educational malpractice.