...the left is crazy in the exact same way. That's silly. Of course it isn't equally symmetrical. But acting as if the left doesn't overreach and do crazy things while the right has lost their minds is unhelpful and tribal. If you're on a 'side' then IMO you should critique and criticize your side..
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I am truly curious about how I, someone who is on the left, should be responding differently on the "trans issues v. women rights" discussion. Can you point to an example?
Take, for example, your DEI example. It sounds like you made a generalized statement and didn't like the response. Should people have asked you follow-up questions?
That said, to come at it another way, you get out what you put in. That is, how is this you "play[ing] with ideas, ask[ing] for different viewpoints, [trying to] understand the complexity?"