It's more problematic that we feel compelled to inject our personal politics into every corner of our lives. At its crudest level it simply means sanctioning everyone and everything you disagree with or makes you feel uncomfortable--as if "the other" was somehow automatically in the wrong or even inherently evil.

It's ironic that so-called progressives aggressively accuse so-called right-wingers of being biased and intolerant: they're no different. The only difference is the degree of blinkered self-righteousness and groupthink: progressives dominate the media and academia--for the moment--so they've convinced themselves that they're on the right side of history and morality. But they're as black-and-white in their views on issues as they accuse conservatives of being.

It's a question of attitude, not of some set of absolutes that someone has a corner on. As long as we politicize everything, society will be divided into us and them, and aggression and fear will continue to rule.