"Probably it's not worth your time to try more than a few paragraphs well worded with reasonable, balanced emotional tones."
Yeah, I have read some of his balanced reasonable rhetoric
"Who gives a shit who you are"
"IDIOT"
"MORON"
"RACIST"
Sure sounds balanced and reasonable to me........
We are all prone to act out or appear unreasonable at times. Some of us more often and worse than others. And if you catch me at a bad time, I can look and sound like that about a range of topics. . . at least I would have in the past. I like to pretend I'm growing out of adolescents at 55.
In any case, I prefer to give the benefit of the doubt when I'm mostly in as right a mind as I get in.
And life is short enough, being kind is probably a greater priority than most of us imagine. I don't always keep it enough in mind.
Besides all that, if there's an honest, honrable way to gain a friend than intensify an enemy's outrage, I'd sure rather do the former. There are enough unearned enemies in the world as it is.
I understand your dismay. I'd rather focus on other priorities.