""Politics are polarizing because humans tend to label people and put them into buckets," Stanley said. "Once labeled, individuals are often treated according to the bucket they are placed in, rather than considering each topic. This oversimplifies complex issues and contributes to division."

Which is exactly what most politicians do to non-policitians....

"We're sorry" (c) Southpark

Hardly just politicians

Seamus was coming out of the pub with his son when he stopped and put an arm around the youngster. He nodded towards the village in front of them and said, “You know, I built half the homes in this village but nobody calls me Seamus the homebuilder.”

Then with a wave of his arm, he said, “And I worked on half the roads in this village but nobody calls me Seamus the roadbuilder.”

Seamus sighed, put his two hands on his son’s shoulders and, looking him hard in the eye, said, “But you f**k one sheep …”

According to the previous party that ruled the country, my entire existence was "ideological" and I was a "rainbow disease".

And then those same politicals complain, why everything is so tribal :P

Things are also being labelled left/right, where they really should be labelled humane/inhumane or normal/sociopathy, criminal/not.