On the futility of demonization

I have this to say:  I may agree with one political party's agenda more than the other's.  However, choosing to focus on being distressed because others' political choices do not align with mine seems to me an exercise in futility.  It would be nice to be able to share the points-of-view that I feel are more "rational" with people whose political choices are for people or policies that I do not like, and to be respected and heard by them, just as I feel it would be nice for me to listen to the rationale behind these people's deciding to choose politicians or policies I find repulsive, and understand that they may have very real (to them) reasons for supporting who they do.  

Something that distresses me about a number of political posts that people who are clearly believing one side is "right", and the other side is "wrong" is that there is no room for accommodating the other side.  All I see is demonization and ridicule.  How can we who, say, have liberal or left-leaning beliefs ever come to help others appreciate our way of looking at things unless we can listen to their sides without demonizing them or starkly calling them and all that they stand for "evil", possibly opening the door for them listening to our side and seeing that our side is not the "evil" side either.  In my opinion, no one side of a political philosophy has exclusively the "right" answers and the other side exclusively the "wrong" answers.  I propose instead of all this demonization that goes on these days, that people can, being informed by different (perhaps moral?) mores, come together and hash out policies that do not unnecessarily disenfranchise the other side from having some valid concerns and viewpoints.

It seems all too easy to take a "black" or "white" perspective, binary:  "I am right and you are wrong."  Like people who like to believe, "Democrats are right and Republicans are wrong," or "Democrats stand for goodness and GOPers are evil."

My suggestion is that most people try in their hearts to be well-meaning individuals, and if we, who hold different takes on what is good politically than they do, accept and love those who differ from us anyway, we open the door to fomenting solutions that take into account the spectrum of points of view where demonizing them will not.  One way is more peaceful and neighborly.  The other way would seem to condone violence to get their way at the expense of the other side's way.  And in that way, I fail to see how the radical left is any better than the radical right.  Violence is violence is bad.

Yes, let's be aware of gaslighting that happens, lies that are told.  Let us have strong moral foundations to base our opinions on.  But we can also do so choosing war or peace in our means of asserting our mores. 

I choose peace.