From everyone else, this seems like an unnecessary and uninteresting discussion. Both of you mostly repeat the same thing and do not deviate from your positions.


You might not like it, but...
Adding someone to the distrust list is not a "use of the trust system against someone". It's a matter of personal opinion about someone's views.

Any discussion, where we present our personal views, affects what judgment other users will have about us. Even if two users have the same attitude towards something, that does not necessarily mean that they should be added to the trust list. Sometimes it is enough to see someone's way of expression, regardless of the topic being discussed.
A political discussion will show someone's character more clearly than, for example, a discussion about which miner is more efficient. Also, some users avoid participating in political discussions, even if they have something good to say. And that ignoring gives some picture of these users.

In the end, we mostly don't know each other here personally and we make our judgments about others based on what is presented or written here.