One aspect we shouldn't overlook is stratification by intelligence. People of very different IQs have trouble communicating. So, "hateful repetition of populist punchlines" is a natural form of communication for average-intelligence people - to say nothing of below-average.
Now, the loudest, most visible fraction of any political group tends to be the stupid.
So your conversational Utopia needs some kind of poll-test at the entrance.
I think that an educated gentleman of 150 years ago wouldn't be annoyed at the ignorant opinions of a servant, because they were of two different worlds. Today with the spread of literacy and erosion of class distinction, these different levels of discourse are forced together.
Now, the loudest, most visible fraction of any political group tends to be the stupid.
So your conversational Utopia needs some kind of poll-test at the entrance.
I think that an educated gentleman of 150 years ago wouldn't be annoyed at the ignorant opinions of a servant, because they were of two different worlds. Today with the spread of literacy and erosion of class distinction, these different levels of discourse are forced together.