I guess it's been obvious, but really hit me the other day why we have such an issue with binary thinking in regards to American politics.
I played golf with my MAGA friend and another that is a Trump apologist at worst and probably a supporter. Politics wasn't brought up until the back nine, one of them mentioned Trump and I started pushing back. They tried making their arguments, I calmly rebutted. One of them asks me why I love Biden. I told them I could give a fuck about Joe Biden, and I was particularly frustrated with how he handled Israel/Palestine. The MAGA friend got rattled and melted down on the back 9, and I ended up taking his money, lol.
IMO a HUGE reason this happens is because we have a two party system. In their mind if you're anti-Trump, then you are a Dem lover. What would happen if we had 3, 4, or 5 real political parties? Goddamn, I hate this shit.