I agree fully witg you both. The rather unfounded, emotion-driven hate from left-wingers is difficult to understand. Maybe it is caused by the fear, that learned clichees might be wrong after all, and most of the younger generations have never learned to admit to havong been wrong. This is, of course, part of the indoctrination given to children during their education in schools and later colleges. It also is the cause for refusing to take responsibility for their actions, which is caused by permissive upbringing.
There also serms to be the tendency not to be critical of the pre-chewed information dished out every day on TV. I knew a young woman, who actually tried to live according to the story line of a popular sosp opera...
Probably the most important thing i learned in school was, that it is advisable to make up one's own mind after gathering various tidbits of information about a given sibject. If analysed in a scientific manner, the result will be verybclose to the trith.
Yes, this takes some extra cranial activity, but it is hardly rocket science.
Sadly many of the younger generations seem to be reluctant to switch on the brain. It is much more convenient to accept false but tempting promises about a utopia, that can never work in reality...