CMV: The reason it's hard to have good political debates is because of the "Left wing right wing" labels.
Edit: I am from the UK, and this post references UK and US politics, as I engage in both
In the original political compass uses left and right as a scale strictly for views on economic policy. Most people online (and in person it seems) seem to also associate social policy and personal values with the left right scale.
I think this strips many political debates of its nuance, and can make it very hard to have a civil debate with someone whose opinions don't have the same label as yours, as in most situations, it's always an "Us Vs Them" situation, where people who hold one opinion on, say, abortion for example, will be pressured to group up with which "side" of the political slider agrees with you, despite what other opinions you may hold.
It would be nice if people would see past arbitrary labels, and debate issues on a case by case basis, rather than adopting the opinions of an entire side, and dying on every little hill to defend your ego.
At the end of the day, there is a very low chance that a select two people will share identical political views, so instead of broad labels, we should introduce some nuance into how people associate themselves with others politically.
It is nothing but counterproductive to find out someone holds X right wing associated opinion, and to immediately group them up with "extremists and fascists", the same way with associating X left wing opinion with "radical wokeness and communism" it just doesn't make sense.
I see lots of people who think the further left you are, the more libertarian you are, and the further right you are, the more authoritarian you are. By that logic, North Korea should be a paradise of freedom!
I know I've yapped a lot here but I just want to know what other people think of my take on this, and if there's something I'm missing - I'm happy to hear it :)