Mostly it comes down to bad writing. Modern writers A. Do not understand people, having been deliberately miseducated their whole lives to ignore their lying eyes and ears, and B. View debate as a form of violence.
Consider Star Trek, which is basically commie propaganda, yet always managed a Socratic dialogue, with both sides represented to some degree, before leading you to the 'correct' point of view. Modern writers view even this brainwashing exercise as offensive, and see their viewpoints as a form of identity. You either agree completely, or are a filthy heretic.
Mostly it comes down to bad writing. Modern writers A. Do not understand people, having been deliberately miseducated their whole lives to ignore their lying eyes and ears, and B. View debate as a form of violence.
Consider Star Trek, which is basically commie propaganda, yet always managed a Socratic dialogue, with both sides represented to some degree, before leading you to the 'correct' point of view. Modern writers view even this brainwashing exercise as offensive, and see their viewpoints as a form of identity. You either agree completely, or are a filthy heretic.
They cynically used identity to defend their leftist ideologies, and now the equivalence is functionally true. Sucks.