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I tell you what isn't the solution: a two way block where people can't even see each others' ideas, let alone discuss them at all! Do you want to foster an us and them issue, or promote division? Gee, would separating people from each other help or hurt? Not only are you coddling those who are too fragile to see what they don't like, but you're blinding people who actually want to see the other side's perspective.

Tribalism is indeed a flaw in human psychology (it's interesting to look at how and why it evolved (far too long a story to get into here), and it's sad to see some people here thinking it's good for us to just promote it with something like a two way block.

And if you don't suffer from the tribalism mentality, both sides hate you. As someone described above, most people believe everything their tribe does, so if you ask someone, say, if they are pro life or pro choice, you can predict with high certainty all of their other major political beliefs, showing that they aren't actually their own beliefs. For someone like me who forms their own beliefs, most people are confused at the mismatch and no one shares all of them, so everyone suffering from tribalism mentality (the majority of people) feel not only the sort of rejection they would for the other tribe, but confusion because they can't even work out which tribe the person is from, increasing the dislike.

For the few people who don't suffer from tribal mentality, genuine personal beliefs, opinions and signs of independent thought and analysis are refreshing and appealing.