Personal Reflection XVII - Political Impasse

The more I study politics the more I realize that those on the center left and the center right of the traditional spectrum (not the extremes of course) are often closer to a consensus than their rhetoric indicates. However what creates the gulf is the input of the extremes, marginal issues and the inability to provide clarity leading to a mutually acceptable language of discussion. An additional factor is that each has the tendency to gaslight the other.