How you intend to solve a problem is as important as the attempt to solve it.

It's not uncommon for political discussions to decay to the point where the discussion is about the presence of disagreement itself, not the issues on which there is disagreement.

Another symptom of decay in a political discussion is the notion that political ideas are really just vague opinions unconnected to external reality, like whether or not one likes broccoli, and that any person's ideas are just as valid as anyone else's.

All of these diversions allow one to sidestep the fact that there is a deep conflict of real principles in our world, a conflict in how different sides intend to solve problems. Basically, it's liberty versus tyranny. This conflict has been going on for a long time, and one small part of it is coming to a head in the coming election.