Well , the thing is that most of these issues that are like that are hugely controversial to begin with abortion , healthcare , immigration , etc . and then when extremists on both ends pick a side and start attacking the other side , it gets out of hand really quick . And it ' s not exaggerating things really , I mean mostly these things happen on the internet , not as much in real life , but they can and do happen in real life , too . It ' s a little ridiculous . <| sep |> Well , IMO the only requirement for being a Deadhead is liking the Grateful Dead . That being said , while choosing not to get overtly political it ' s apparent to me that the Dead had certain values and ethics that were expressed through the music and the culture , and it would be really hard for me personally to reconcile my reverence of those values with the rhetoric of a man like Trump .