the problem is that there are many people on the left who want to "own the conservatives" the same way Trump supporters want to "own the Libs". They like the fact that conservatives don't understand what they are actually saying, because it gives them a chance to feel superior to them. In this essay of mine, I give some examples of authors who do this. https://teedrockwell.medium.com/no-one-wants-to-abolish-the-police-not-even-the-people-who-say-they-do-9df369b5d4e6

When I first put this up on my facebook page, I got a commentor who really did say something like "If they can't understand the subtleties, they are too stupid to bother with."