@mekkaokereke

Wow... Watching the clip, seeing how Andy's face lights up when he hears 'no crappy identity politics'

But listening to what they are both saying, about how they love a story about individuals from different species becoming friends and understanding each other even though it's difficult...

How do they not realize this is the left's message?

My head is spinning

I guess this is like when racists have a couple of friends of the race they hate? And they make an exception for the people they actually know, but they still believe weird stuff about people they've never met?

I see this split a lot on the extreme right. People who don't consider themselves super political, anyway

They can be the nicest, most generous and accepting person, to people they consider within their circle. Not necessarily their race, but like, their neighbors and stuff

And they can believe that everyone in the world outside their circle is evil at heart

Xenophobia, but not with actual aliens, I guess