> I am fairly certain that 95%+ of people on both sides of the issue are actually very caring, intelligent people

I would be very surprised if on this, or any other, divisive political issue, 95% of the people on any side (much less both sides) were "very caring, intelligent people", or even "above average" in either (much less both) the "caring" or "intelligent" domains.

That's almost as ridiculous and cartoonish a characterization is saying that they are all hateful and mindless.