Interesting article.
"Far more accepting."
Having a problem with this. Not that it's inherently wrong - just a tad misleading. Like Republicans knowingly choose and make rational decisions on their way to being more accepting. To me, they act more like bees - in that they swarm. Does one bee casually chat up another and ask - "Hey where are we heading?" No, they just join in instinctively. Can this be a good thing at times? Yes, at times.
But I do agree with the - Let's change the scale to a spectrum part. We need to be more inclusive and less reactive.