If y'all want to understand the dichotomy and why any hope of a "truce" is a pipedream, that's a perfect encapsulation of it.
A right winger cannot IMAGINE a reason for supporting a policy (that is, supporting a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who have been here for years, worked hard, and not committed any crimes, as well as a pathway for kids who were brought here at a young age so that they don't know any other home) OTHER than to increase your hold on power.
Because it's decent, human, and fairminded? What the fuck are you talking about? No, the ONLY reason to support any policy is self-interest: "how can this serve me and my goals?" And they then project that onto the rest of us. "Well, OBVIOUSLY, the ONLY reason that anyone on the left would support those things is to increase their hold on power [because that's what I would do]."
That's it. That's why we can't get anywhere good, and never will. One side views everything through the lens of "me me me mine mine mine," and automatically opposes and hates anything proposed by the other side because 1) they presume that EVERYONE'S sole motivation is "me me me mine mine mine," and 2) they view everything as a transactional zero-sum affair. If someone on the left supports something, it MUST be because it will hurt the right. Because that's how the right would do it.
This thread is a joke.