I don't have anything against your reaction. I don't read the Atlantic; I saw this particular article, read it, lined up the facts with other things I'd read, and felt this piece reflected a more balanced take than mine. Not necessarily in absolute terms. That is what I meant by my note about balance.

I suppose next time I reply to a contentious topic I could find a more seemingly dispassionate source but these days most folks are too polarized to read any news source that doesn't align with their preconceived notions.

The Atlantic is a neo-lib magazine that leftists and right-wingers can agree is not even worth using as toilet paper.