Progressives are trying to give people rights and take care of their fellow & future man.
Conservatives destroy knowledge, strip rights, and don't care one shit about hypocrisy in the veiled guise of nationalist religiosity.
You can talk your way around how two people fighting for their beliefs ARE UGH, THE SAME PEOPLE. But the moment you apply any critical thinking to it whatsoever, it falls apart.
The journey is often just as important as the end. Both sides wishing they could Thanos snap all opposition isn't some weird gotcha. It's the human condition of not wanting to go through the bullshit to get there lol.