How do I distinguish between an anti-Democratic Party Democrat and Russian trolls?

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179. I don't think that trying to fully understand someone's viewpoint and also checking that you're

not talking cross purposes is considered a ploy. If anything, clarification and clearing up of vague assertions and assumptions is what we need to be working toward. I find that creates far better outcomes during discussions. On this particular subject it becomes even more important, and I think some of the comments on this thread demonstrate that point. You see many people have different thresholds of "purity" for what they considered a democrat and what they consider an anti-democrat. For example, you may view this as a discussion about people who actively campaign against democrats using similar petty smear tactics and lies and being anti-democrat. I think most people would probably agree that anyone pushing conspiracies about Clinton murders and Pizzagate is probably not a friendly. So, while that may be what you intended by anti-democrat (or not), there is someone in this thread who has much stricter tests for this and they think people who don't agree with them on the 2nd amendment are anti-democratic party. You may or not feel the same way. We don't know unless we ask for more details on precisely what you mean. Once that's cleared up then a far more useful conversation can be had.

We can apply this to the other side too. Let's say there is a conservative republican who is pretty much a staunch conservative on everything, but maybe this person is pro-choice or they support universal health care. Would you no longer consider those people republican and anti-republican for those few beliefs that may not be lockstep with most other conservatives? Probably not, right? I mean, they still have backward views on a host of other issues.