> why are you writing an anti- comment in defense of another anti- comment?

Reminds me of "tolerance doesn't mean we have to tolerate things we deem intolerant or we personally don't agree with".

That's fine, you may desire to have political discussions everywhere. I get it, it feels good to believe you're fighting for a good cause. But some of us will scold you, downvote/flag you, and complain about all the noise. Like you said, it's open and public, so we'll just have to let the site's rules and process decide who wins.