Oddbean new post about login | logout The left accuses everyone of bigotry as a means of shutting down debate. The right accuses everyone of emotionality as a means of shutting down debate.
Both are at least a little bit right.
Both can be right, but at this point they are very trite talking points.
Being right and prevailing in a debate is very different from being right and shutting down a debate. Worse is being right in some cases, but not in the particular debate they use the talking point to shut down.