I despise Trump with the heat of a thousand suns but America desperately needs healing.

[NurseJackie]

53. It's a great way to flatter one's own self, but it's a sign of weakness...

It's a great way to flatter one's own self, but it's a sign of weakness that they'll always exploit.

Nobody can go lower than a Deplorable.

Don't be so sure. When faced with life or death situations, I can certainly go low in my quest to destroy them. Why let them have the upper hand just so that I can pat myself on the back (in defeat) and try to console myself (in defeat) by pretending that I'm better than them (in defeat) simply because I was unwilling to fight back... because I had to live up to some unrealistic ideal of "going high".

It's also practical advice.

No it's not. Why would ANYONE want to willingly give them an advantage?

There's nothing at all practical about it. (Unless being defeated and giving in to the enemy is something that's viewed as honorable or desirable.) I mean, "WE GO HIGH" is fine for a bumper sticker slogan... but in the real world, it's a losing philosophy... that's all I'm saying.

I think most reasonable people understand this too. But, I suppose when someone is so emotionally invested in this argument with me that it's difficult to admit that they're wrong and that they overplayed their hand... at that point, all reason flies out the window.

It has nothing to do "both sideism"

Of course it does. I can read. I'm not stupid. I'm not willing to to concede by giving in and coddling them. I'm not going to flatter them or validate their bigotry. I refuse to give forgiveness that was never asked for and that isn't deserved.

Anyone making that argument is also suggesting their belief (or a suspicion) that our side is equally to blame and equally culpable as the other side. Hence... my very strong objections to the "both sides" philosophy.

Overall, what's being proposed here, in the OP and throughout, is a weak and losing strategy. So glad that I'm not the only one who sees it. And not the only one who takes issue with the entire premise of your OP (along with all the various tweaks you're giving it along the way.) I'm not entirely sure why it is you feel compelled to have the "last word" only with me, however.