Light On Dark Water

No, they aren't really, but a lot of them act like it. I know people who are otherwise very civilized who seem to unleash some sort of inner beast when the subject of politics comes up; if you disagree with them, you'd best just not talk to them at all on the subject.  Here is an interesting piece by a Notre Dame philosophy professor analyzing the process by which we come to see another's views as crazy. If heeded, it might take some of the heat out of our debates. But it's probably too cool and rationalistic for the people who might benefit most from it.