In one experiment, the participants were asked to consider moderate policies that allowed abortions in the first trimester of a pregnancy. Both pro-life and pro-choice participants viewed the moderate policies as supporting the opposing side.

Uhhh…

Yeah

Limiting abortion to the first trimester is insane.

It only sounds rational if you think an alarm goes off in a woman’s brain the second impregnation happens.

And especially now:

In another experiment conducted five days before the 2024 presidential election, the participants were asked to consider the beliefs of a hypothetical individual who equally supported both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The participants also were asked if they considered voting for one candidate over the other to be a moral issue and if they would feel threats to themselves, someone they know, or for society at large if the candidate from the opposing party was elected.

People that weren’t concerned for the safety of others are/were empirically wrong.

They should have had more concerns, but they didn’t.

The article tries to shame people for not tolerating moderates in the face of open fascism, but the author is so out of touch with reality they don’t understand that wasn’t the right move.

Obviously fascists won’t consider moderates on their side.

And obviously the people against fascism will view fascist collaberators as the same as fascists.