No matter how stupid the GOP’s position is on any issue, our media always gives it equal standing with non-stupid positions. So “Rapists should have paternal rights.” gets equal time with the position “Rapists shouldn’t have paternal rights.”
“People should own machine guns.” is the instant and somehow relevant response to “People shouldn’t own machine guns.”
Everything is even-steven. Some magical compromise is out there if these extremists could ever just “meet in the middle” and compromise. The notion that “Rapists shouldn’t have paternal rights.” doesn’t seem like an extremists position to me, but in our system, it is.