See, that&#x27;s exactly what I&#x27;m talking about with argument-poisoning. When you spout rhetoric like &quot;gun-grabbers&quot;, you&#x27;re telegraphing not merely disinterest in, but <i>active disdain for</i> productive discourse. You&#x27;re effectively telling me that don&#x27;t want to discuss the issues, you just want to regurgitate propaganda, and name-call everyone who doesn&#x27;t toe your party&#x27;s line.<p>I mean, I know this is contemporary America, where taking a considered, nuanced position on any hot-button political issue is just asking to be pilloried by both sides (because somehow, we have this quasi-magical ability to reduce every meaningful question to two antithetical camps who proceed to do nothing but insult one another), but we&#x27;re supposed to be smarter and better than that here. Isn&#x27;t that what nerds have prided themselves on for as long as nerds have been a thing, being smarter than everyone else?