To answer your question -- I probably hope that people can finally put away their emotions when dealing with rational stuff which dealing with practical socio-economic problems indubitably is. That also includes not obfuscating the history or leaving out inconvenient facts that may dilute the "righteous indignation" which, if left unchecked, gets channeled into anger and finally outright hate. It's a vicious cycle. So, to sum it up -- in this case I'm perhaps after putting the utterly unproductive "victim mentality" to rest.

As for histrionics -- just try to critically approach anything even remotely Jewish. If you are Jewish you will be labeled as self-hating, if you are not Jewish you will be labeled as anti-Semite. Complete stalemate, no discussion possible. And yes, it's because emotions run rampant and people basically want revenge, not a solution.

But if I was able to “overcome my demons", anyone can do the same.