I get your point, really, and I don’t even strictly disagree. As I said, I disagree with a fair bit of your standard Online Left positions. I unironically like Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton and have the audacity to generally listen to economists; suffice it to say I’ve gotten more than fair share of online political hatred lol. Leftists will call me a shit liberal and conservatives will call me an evil gay communist.

But what must be realized is that the Republican party as it exists today is simply not an equally viable and rational alternative group of people who simply have some different thoughts on tax policy and the scoped of government. I direly wish it was, but it simply is not that. Polarization sucks, and I don’t really have a clear answer for it, but the answer must not be taking the questions like “Are gay people secretly grooming your children?”, “Is climate change a hoax?”, “Was the 2020 election stolen from Trump?”, “Should we legally impose Christianity at every level of society?”, and “Is Hillary Clinton secretly a bloodthirsty cannibal that feeds off the youthful vitality of children?” and deciding that there are valid points on both sides.

I get that politics is exhausting, but being “apolitical” is a political choice. It’s the decision that you’re okay with the status quo and that you don’t think it’s worth making a fuss about. I’m originally from deep rural Missouri, and while it has since been voided by the Courts, I have (adult) trans friends who began developing suicidal thoughts because the state was going to ban hormone therapy. This was a regime that ostensibly claims to be for limited government arbitrarily inserting itself in the private medical decisions of consenting adults for no reason other than to appeal to a base of bigots. Things like this matter, whether you choose to pay attention or not. Being able to ignore them is a luxury not everyone has.