Dialogue Is Not Possible With ‘Opposing Views of Reality’

Credit...Illustration by Alberto MirandaTo the Editor:

Re “We Don’t Have to Be Fanatics,” by Molly Worthen (Sunday Review, June 13):

Dr. Worthen’s prayer that we connect as people and get past the hatred characterizing contemporary American politics is not merely futile — it embodies a false equivalence. The brutal reality is that Democrats and Republicans are divided by fundamental values, as well as by opposing views of reality, and that the G.O.P. is just wrong.

I don’t regard all Republican voters as malign individuals. But I am convinced that their party and its leaders are indeed a force for evil, as they propagate the false claim of a stolen election, attack voting rights, foment…