I think the article makes lots of good arguments for why being de-polarizing is a desirable thing, so I&#x27;m not going to attempt to make better ones.<p>But I think your comment is a really good example in and of itself. You&#x27;ve done the binary thinking thing that the article discussed in detail! I&#x27;ve never met anyone who has no problem with abortion, or anyone who has no problem with torture, but I&#x27;ve met people who think the trade-offs justify limited use of one or the other, which I agree or disagree with to varying degrees. It seems likely to me that you&#x27;re either not talking to people that think these things, and instead building straw-men to knock down, or you&#x27;re not really hearing the people you&#x27;re talking to. (Or, I&#x27;ll admit, it&#x27;s possible you know a lot more extreme people than I do.)