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It's going to take a bit of thick-skin growing, and a bit of respect for others, whether one agrees with their position on anything (politic included) or not.
I don't understand why folks feel free or more free to emotionally bludgeon others in the politics forum, but it's not acceptable there or anywhere else.
And a person's opinions are rarely changed by someone calling them a dumbass. But folks are more likely to listen to different viewpoints on an issue (and maybe even change their minds) if treated with respect, and the interaction is not just an excuse to roll in emotional vomit. I don't often see folks working to be persuasive in explaining their PoV, I see a lot of prideful, stiff-necked, self-indulgent posturing, trying to shout down others or filibuster the damn threads.
So I guess folks can either use the politics forum to lovingly and verbosely illustrate their preconceived and unchangeable positions, OR they can actually *Communicate* with others, get other's input and opinions and viewpoints and interpretations and share their own, to grow in understanding (if nothing else, in seeing how others see the same issues), and *gasp* evolve.
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At night, the ice weasels come." -
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