You sound a lot like me . <| sep |> That ' s the Virgin Islands . Puerto Rico is right now in debt . <| sep |> sold out in a second . <| sep |> Is that true ? <| sep |> Honestly I could say that you ' re proving mine , in terms of taking the equivalency way too far . Denial of climate change and support for discriminatory laws antiLGBT , for example aren ' t just the worst qualities of the furthest end of one side . They ' re the mainstream . Look at the most recent GOP platform if you doubt me , or better yet , at the President and Vice President we just elected . The things that I mentioned in that comment aren ' t fringe elements they ' re honestly pretty basic elements of the current party ideology . A GOP politician who accepts climate science , supports samesex marriage , and opposes discriminatory laws like Voter ID wouldn ' t be considered a mainstream Republican today they ' d be considered a moderate . And again , with all of that said , I ' m not under the impression that a the Democrats are in any way close to perfect , or b that the average Republican voter is meanevilracist . I very much believe that most Americans are good people who , at worst , have biases they ' re not aware of that cause them to support candidates who propose some pretty shitty stuff . But I ' d challenge you to find any element of the mainstream Democratic platform that ' s as bad as any of those things . I certainly don ' t believe there is one . Like I said before , I think it ' s critical to avoid demonizing the opposition , and it ' s equally critical to avoid taking that so far as to pretend that both sides are literally identical . When has that ever been the case ?