People love things simple, don't they? This is the problem I have with political talking heads and activists. Arguments get simplified down to the point where questions are no longer questions and nuance gets thrown out in favour of emotional manipulation. "You don't support state surveillance? But why do you support terrorists???" "You don't support making meat illegal? But why do you enjoy animals being tortured???" "You support gay marriage? But why do you hate families???"
It's no longer possible to have a large discussion that crosses political lines. Left wingers are all lumped together as naive commies and right wingers are all lumped together as fascists and god forbid these people mix and discuss a specific idea rather than cheering on their team. Some smaller places seem able to handle it (like Hubski), but on Reddit or Facebook? Forget about it.