The best part of JP for me is that he is a clearly a religious guy with right wing views but is completely respectful towards opposing views. We need more of that in the public sphere. He's also good at articulating the simple stuff (some people need it).
He does well on podcasts too, for the same reasons you mention.
I suspect they'd be way out of their league depending on the topics and JP is smart/honest enough to know what areas are beyond his expertise (most of the time) and he wouldn't go down those paths. If they discuss Trump he can sound stupid, but if they discuss topics in his wheel house they're toast.
If you asked me that twenty years ago I would have answered liberal without hesitation. Now? People are becoming increasingly more polarized, so I don't know. Some liberals are so progressive that they're progressing into cult territory.
Honestly, 20 years ago liberals for the most part genuinely were well ahead of their right wing counterparts on this. Back then, the religious right was pretty much at its worst, moving towards its iron fisted, albeit temporary, control of the American political and social scene, with its influence in getting Bush elected and reelected to be the climax. It's sort of a massive psychological phenomenon as to waht let such influential portions of them to act as though they're trying to contend with the religious right for biggest suppressor of ideas they don't enjoy.
From experience as someone who has lived in liberal NYC, conservative rural Ohio, conservative rural India, and traveled to liberal places in Europe and super conservative places like Kuwait: It really depends on the person. A person's personality seems to be a bigger determining factor than their political stance. Many conservatives I met have put aside their beliefs in order to be more welcoming of other groups, while other conservatives literally want the other side dead. And many liberals I know have had discussions with Trump supporters, while other liberals I know literally want the other side dead also. I can provide examples if you want.
It seems your experiences gel with the idea that the political left vs right axis is wholly separate from the tolerant, inquisitive vs authoritarian, narcissist spectrum. They're two separate axis crossing each other in standard Cartesian coordinate forum. And so it can be so difficult to wrap one's head around the idea that progressive NYC and the traditional, rural Midwest can both have residents who recognize other worldviews, faiths and political views as coming from valid origins and others who are obscenely fragile when it comes to hearing much of anything that doesn't make them feel comfortable.
Yep. This is why I love the Political Compass, which has both an economic axis (capitalism to socialism) and authoritarian axis (authoritarianism to libertarianism). The difference between the authoritarian left (SJWs) and libertarian left (classical liberals) is as big as the difference between SJWs and authoritarian conservatives using the Political Compass.
Partly agreed. I do have to say from experience that America is more divided than I've ever seen it (born 1994) and that most people hide their true political beliefs. Most of the people who want the other side dead will never say it in person and many times won't even say it online, at least in America. In other countries, such as India, people will openly talk about wanting Pakistanis dead. People hiding their true beliefs can often give the illusion that we aren't that divided.
