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It means that if people share the same social or political identities, they should share similar political views.
Trigger warning is a warning against certain language or image that may trigger some reaction in the viewer, usually something unpleasant.
A "slap in the face" means a sharp and rude, disrespectful rebuke.
If someone "digs in", they are holding on to their position fast, refusing to budge.
They live a rich and comfortable life on a surplus of money and resources, and therefore don't have to work very hard.
Feel sandwiched, they are, in terms of both finance and time, and burdens coming from above (parents) and under（children and grandchildren).
If something hit a nerve in us, it stirs up our emotions immediately.
To make a case is to make a full argument for or against somebody and lists all the reasons why this is so.
The phrase“to go overboard” is, metaphorically, to go too far and be excessive.
When we want to point out that someone trying to ignore problems rather than confronting them straight up and head on, we say he or she is burying their head in the sand.
If an election is too close to call, we cannot really tell who is going to eventually win.
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