"as the desperately try"    ....  the....who?  what?
Outsider, you sometimes have some clever ideas, but IMO you ruin it with careless errors like this one and your   emotional hostile language, such as claiming that all Liberals  are just "chasing their tales" who "keep the dialogue down in the brainless  gutter of personalities."
If you actually want to persuade folks and not just alienate them you might want to watch your own language a little.
Regards