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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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CMV: The popular view that the political left is irrational has been fueled by the right’s desperateness to appear intellectually superior.

I’m writing this because I’m actually getting kind of tired of being automatically shut off a conversation with someone who is right leaning by the claims that the left is “irrational” and “radical”. It blatantly happens a lot on reddit and has already happened to me irl enough to think that this claim of intellectual superiority is how the right is now masquerading its intolerance. A parallel to how the left manifests its intolerance by claiming bigotry without even knowing the full story of what the other person is trying to say. 

I’m not really here to argue political leanings, I’m here to argue the fact that the claims of intellectual superiority of the right are an exact parallel to the claims of witnessed bigotry of the left as a form of intolerance to new ideas and unwillingness to have a constructive conversation. 

The right is assuming the sale that the person on the left they’re talking to is irrational just like the left is assuming the sale that the person on the right they’re talking to is a bigot. 

Needless to say these are heavy generalizations, but these are generalizations I think I’ve witnessed enough to assume. And I know some people will say the internet is not the best place to gauge this because it’s full of anonymous people, but I think that the opposite reigns true since people are not afraid to speak their mind. Therefore my generalizations are heavily based on Reddit community and their political stances. 

Edit: A few users made me notice how within this argument I’m only considering the United States and although I do this because I do not pretend to assume what’s happening in other places (even when I read the “news”), it does seem a big chunk of my argument relies on the context of United States political dynamics.
gpt
I'd argue that many people on the right that aren't idiots, though sometimes less educated, don't really appreciate the generally smug attitude of educated leftwing folks that talk down to them. Over compensation for the perception of that attitude results in the "desperation" you see.