I am with you my friend. I may not agree with someone, but I will die to defend their right to have that opinion, and have put on the uniform to do so.
I think our problem anymore is we spend too much time talking past each other these days instead of too each other. We also have media outlets from all sides with talking heads exasperating this.
Right? Imagine firing someone because of what political party they joined? That's not the American way. Many of those books that I read, I did so because I was ordered not to. The best way to get me to read something, is to tell me I can't read it! lol!
When I was 13, my mother told me to never read The Book of Enoch, and The Book of Giants, neither of which I'd ever heard of. I'm 13, and you mention GIANTS?? So of course I went out and read both! :)