I haven't said anything meaningful about politics.

What I said, perhaps a bit too abruptly to be well understood, was "the use of a non-meaningful piece of slang that is almost entirely held by a specific group of poorly informed folks is a red flag that any attempt to discuss politics will end in a likely mix of muh jerbs and dumbocrats."

The phrase "leftist" properly applies to a group of people who essentially haven't existed in the United States in around 80 years.

It would be like if someone went to a baseball stadium and started calling people soccer hooligans. That is not a person from whom to learn sports.

Thanks for the attempt at a table turn. You've been a delight