Many people have tried to draw such lines: literal vs contextual, mistake vs conflict theory, science vs religion. My line is mostly about reactions to disagreement. An engineer will say ok, I’ll be in my garage working on my flying car. A politician will say ok, let’s find points of contact. But a fanatic will call their friends and paint a target on me for disagreeing. I wouldn’t do that to anyone for disagreeing with me, so it seems like a pretty sharp line.
Many people have tried to draw such lines: literal vs contextual, mistake vs conflict theory, science vs religion. My line is mostly about reactions to disagreement. An engineer will say ok, I’ll be in my garage working on my flying car. A politician will say ok, let’s find points of contact. But a fanatic will call their friends and paint a target on me for disagreeing. I wouldn’t do that to anyone for disagreeing with me, so it seems like a pretty sharp line.