I wasn't dismissing them, you chose to read that

given that I’m surrounded by partisans and you are more familiar with being one, how would you reword my point

the commonality I see is that the partisan wants to only talk about things that potentially add power to their party and are offended by talk that doesn’t suggest an interest in doing that

to me that seems like its not working and is unproductive, but to you, how would you cut through that filter towards doing something that is productive and would affect both parties