Unfortunately that hasn’t been my experience with you, as I have been consistently demonised and misrepresented, so my interpretation is less positive.
I do not disagree with you on the last sentence, and agree that people have called all Tories such like in the past on here.
I know I am not perfect, and can react to what I see as provocation with giving as good as I get, but I do apologise for going too far with some retaliation. I don’t mind disagreement, but I do mind having my words twisted and being assumed to be villainous because I am to the left of Reagan.
I can be forthright in my views, but so can you and many others. One thing I try to do is separate the belief from the believer, so if I am saying this and that a belief is wrong, silly, questionable or whatever, I do not cast such judgement on others. Well meaning people can be drawn to (what I see as) dangerous or bad ideas through good intentions. I do draw the line at respecting some beliefs. I have no respect for fascism, Islamism or tankie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie) extremism and do not see why I should be friendly with that lot.
I disagree with Toryism, find a lot of it off putting in ideology, but I don’t right them off. Hell, my further left friends make out I am some sort of Tory, but that shows what that element of the left is like with how they view the Overton window.
