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Why do some people take voting to be so personal?
Who I vote for and why I'm voting for them and yes/no on issues is part of the process, to me.
Sometimes I'm just genuinely curious about someone else's reasoning for their votes, sometimes my experience and knowledge on topics helps those with less time to dedicate to getting the whole picture, and sometimes I want someone else's knowledge or we might be trying to sway the other.
But I never see my political opinions as personal or something that should be kept to myself, unless I'm about to discuss my points of view with someone who can't handle the conversation and will either get mad or belligerent; but that's case by case, not a general maxim of mine.
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"The theory of a free press is that truth will emerge from free discussion, not that it will be presented perfectly and instantly in any one account." -- Walter Lippmann
"You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman
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