Don’t kid yourself. I’d wager that many of FR’s most politically divisive issues revolve around the views of Tammy [or ‘Tommy’] Faye type personalities.
I think it is more of a noobie girl drama thing. Akin to standing in the hallway of the middle school and screaming “I hate you. Don’t ever speak to me again”. A lot of women see disagreement over an issue as an indictment of them personally. That’s why they seek middle ground. When men hold their ground (as we do), it makes them angry.
Nothing irritates people more than you pointing out something obvious to them that they are trying hard to ignore. When I do that, people get really steamed at me. Wait until Hillary wins the primary. When people bring up Bill’s affairs, it will get really ugly.