Quote Originally Posted by Kanamori
Having any opinion lends itself to emotionalism.
I don't think so. Emotionalism suggests being a slave to one's emotions not the simple presence of emotion.

If Leftism is not the cause, then the fault is not with Leftism.
The stance would be that insofar as Leftism leads to identity politics then the emotionalism comes to the fore as any stance thereby becomes a personal matter as opposed to say a theoretical or policy issue.

Also, there has been no evidence that shows some correlation between leftism and emotionalism, and your conclusion is based on you having selective attention with some of those who use only emotion.
It seems most of the topic related replies gave some credence to the view in one fashion or another.