I agree both or all sides engage in self-serving agenda and bad policies. Nobody is perfect. But it is hard not to see that extreme ideology drives the agenda

I agree both or all sides engage in self-serving agenda and bad policies. Nobody is perfect. But it is hard not to see that extreme ideology drives the agenda of one or a few sides, while most sides are willing to compromise with reasonable, evidence-based solutions that the ideologists reject outright. It is irresponsible to say in that case that both sides are being unreasonable - that false equivalence promotes an unhealthy stalemate and gives cover to those who blindly delay progress.