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I am a big believer in balanced politics and finding the middle ground. But most people think that means finding the middle between these two arguments. No. That's nonsense. Instead I find that open discourse with varying viewpoints usually discredits extremes like racism and homophobia fairly quickly.

These two arguments are not both extremes. But they are two concepts that exist. Stopping people from sharing them usually only causes believers to stick to echo chambers. Which changes their perspective to thinking everyone feels the same as me. There does need to be caution with public figures (who do not usually engage in open discourse, but rather single viewpoint speeches prone to manipulation) pushing extremes like Trump did in 2016. But for the most part, when people engage in respectful conversations with each other, allowing others to express even their most extreme beliefs, they tend to adjust their feelings. I have seen racists calm themselves just by being allowed to be heard, and disagreed with, respectfully.