Dude, just wanted to say I appreciate that you participate in this form, tho I hardly ever agree with you.....
And, I feel like I am beating my head against the wall, which is on me, not you!
That you have not bailed, like so many others that lean left.
I don't know their cause, I can speculate, but that is not the point of this thread.
We need dialogue, if we are ever to understand one another, and that buddy is true diversity and tolerance  

Stand up for what you believe, share it, then extend the same considerations, to others, in the same manner you want to be received.

That is as good as it will ever get.

You can say that again.....