After reviewing and analysing in some detail the prevalence of each side's preferred terms of invective, she concludes thus:
"A case can be made that our language of partisan insults is as polarized as every other aspect of American political life. But there may be a ray of hope: partisans on both sides of the aisle accuse each other of being racists and bigots, demonstrating a consensus that intolerance and discrimination are universally reprehensible. And while there may not be much common ground between Democrats and Republicans, at least we can all agree on calling each other 'idiots' ".
Amen to that.