Holy Hannah, this is exactly what's wrong with what's going on right now: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/politics/van-jones-charlie-kirk-message
No, this isn't an example of somebody reaching out to have a respectful dialogue. If that was the case, they'd PUBLICLY issue an invite and seek to reign-in extremist responses to their public statements.
This is an example of gaslighting. Pure and simple. It's pathetic that this made it to the front page of CNN.
And the definition of pathetic is "miserably inadequate; of very low standard."