even more political

People are being pretty dogmatic about this stuff. And it's sort of the American hot button issue, the thing which is 'way bigger than every other big distraction from issues about fiscal inequality and what results from that. Why that is I don't know; a more viciously bitter and well educated liberal could probably tell you why.

But my biggest opinion is basically that it's a distraction, a smokescreen, and we consistently fall for it. ( Rant follows. I'm apparently cranky about everyone. )