Ok, on this we agree:

"A perfect example is the vitriolic reaction to any suggestion of seditious behavior which we saw some time ago. If someone suggested that conservatives are traitors to the ideals of our country, I might be somewhat irritated by the broad brush comment, but realizing that there are such conservatives, I would not feel included in that group because I know what is in my heart. I would not be totally bent out of shape."

On this one, we do not:

"The difference in the way things are perceived under the new administration are just as I perdicted. It is mostly about nuance in American political reality. The politics that most of us espouse here are about ideals and have nothing to do with reality."

I think that within these ten or so days, that reality has suked in and the poltics that are espoused here and even elsewhere do have some meaning about our reality. We just have to keep 'spouting' and wait and see because in the end, common sense (I know) and logic will find its way.