“It can be true that the Trump side has become extremist in crazy, destructive ways, and also be true that the Left has done the same thing. In fact, it is true.” This is fatuous excuse-making. There is no leftist equivalent of Trumpism. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/trump-capitol-insurrection-road-out-of-nowhere/

Who exactly on the left is he equating with Trump? Who is the leftist nihilist hellbent on destroying the government for the sake of personal enrichment? Who is the leftist cult figure saying “I alone can fix it?” Who is the leftist demanding personal fealty? This is garbage.

How are you going to own your dithering inertia towards Trump’s fascistic if you insist that you were half right? You weren’t and you aren’t and the fact that you can’t accept that means you’re guaranteed to be fully wrong again when the next Trump comes along.