The characterization of immigrants as a threat to the United States is un-American.

“It's hard to imagine anything that is less American than the idea that immigrants are a threat to our country.”

The current state of American political discourse, characterized by disconnect and potential for civil war, is a failure of democracy.

“It can't be the case that 10% of the country is driving us to civil war and the other 90% is just disaffected or disinterested. That's a failure in democracy.”

Political polarization has made conservatives in real life less willing to engage in open debate.

“And I've seen more people now say that like conservatives just don't say anything in real life because it's like so [ __ ] And I don't know if anybody I'm curious if there are people with a ton of conservative co-workers who just don't debate as much anymore”

The current political environment in the United States is dangerously insane and not normal.

“None of this is normal and all of us need to collect collectively realize how unbelievably insane the entire environment that we live in right now is.”