This is a thought-provoking article, & there is much here to chew on. Unfortunately, reading pieces like this & then reading reactions on Twitter, comment sections, etc. reminds me of the very same experience I had in 2008-12 reading pieces by "Reformocons" arguing for the GOP to update its economic proposals to appeal substantively to policy discussions, & then reading Tea Party rejections of those level-headed arguments in the comments section at National Review, etc. The base rejected outright those appeals as capitulation to an immoral & unjust opposition, much as I see the divisive base of the Left rejecting these arguments. When you view "Trump's Americans" as irredeemably evil - a view that has been expressed here more than once - you cannot justify any attempt at compromise, encounter, accompaniment, etc. Same goes for "coastal liberal elites." The desire is for scalps, not encounters.