Thanks for writing this comment. I mostly disagree with it (although I struggle to formulate my objections), but you summarized this change in attitude very well and helped me understand it. Even if I disagree on points, your argument makes a lot of sense to me.
I just wanted to say thank you very much for this reply, I really appreciate reading it. Honestly I get pretty annoyed (even though I shouldn't) by silly responses that falsely caricature-ize what I said ("You've just become an authoritarian", "You just disagreed with Bush" - I lol'ed at that one), especially when I felt I tried to emphasize that I'm not sure what the solution is. I can definitely appreciate there are people of good faith who don't share my opinion, and I like that you expressed that without a "tribal" response of "you're just the bad guy now".
