Oh, boo fucking hoo. Everyone be nice to Republicans, otherwise they will have a sad and resist their natural impulse to govern with decency and listen to reasonable debate. Bullshit. Unmitigated bullshit.

You want to draw a line to the start of this phenomenon, you wouldn’t be wrong to land on Newt Fucking Gingrich, current eminence grise of the same people we’re supposed to be nice to.

W really was the worst president since the 19th century. McCain really would have gotten us into an expanded war in the Middle East. Romney really would have launched a Malthusian economic hellscape. And Trump really would run high odds of getting us all killed.

You want moderation in the tone of your opponents? Stop running candidates who make Reagan look like a fucking moderate, and stop demonizing your opponents who try to create bipartisan legislation. The Atlantic