The only difference between us is that I'm aware that we're both victims of marketing. You seem to imagine that it's just me, which suggests to me that it's just you. And that only further makes my point. If you're the egoist, then I'm right. If I'm the egoist, then I'm even more right. At least you acknowledge that you can't sum up someone's opinions based on which party they vote for. The reality is simply that you only get one blanket vote for probably one issue you read about, and thousands you didn't but apparently should be held accountable for.
I dispute that, having myself passed through the perspective you're arguing. It's easy to dismiss things with relativism, and it is in fact necessary for dealing with the media's endless stream of tempests in teapots, but significant differences can still exist and you need to keep your mind open to them.
For me, the off ramp for my benefit of the doubt was the Republican's Covid response, where political nonsense came up against cold hard non-mediated reality. Let's hamstring federal departments precisely when we need them, 2+2=5, don't bother wearing a respirator to protect your family it's all made up anyhow, all merely to feed egos large and small. The fact the party and its constituents continue to double down on an a President that overtly damaged our country are at least two pillars of fascism - party over country, and cult of personality.
And sure, we can apply similar judgements to help us critique the Democratic party. But there is a stark difference in degree and effect, and it's utterly foolish to ignore that.
It sounds to me like you're talking about the Republican party that you saw on Democrat TV. Literally a fabricated cliche marketed to the average viewer that describes exactly zero real human beings but has a nice ring to it and allows you to simplify "them" into a nice box that you can label "not me" and feel good about yourself.
