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Originally Posted by posthcstrat";p="
Republican vs Democrat. This is one of todays biggest issues in America, if not THEE biggest issue. People are going to fight no matter what, whether it be the general population fighting over politics or a small family fighting over who gets the last slice of pizza. Its not the question of whos right or wrong that makes me mad, its how can people be so ignorant as to completely ignore the other persons perspective. Did we forget that everyone thinks differently in some manner?
Im just saying take the time to find out why someone thinks what they do before arguing with them about it for hours.
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That's true. And it happens all the time. I think you'll find that the reasonable posters on this site (for example) will argue properly - you know, with premises and then evidence to back up their premises, and that they will address the issues at hand and not get personal and facetious in place of an actual argument.
There are those, of course, who won't. Who'll pretty much say and do anything just to push your buttons. And a lot of the time it's those people who just don't have actual arguments to fall back on - and they are the ones who I'd guess that you find it frustrating to argue/debate with, or even just talk to.
My best friend and I have diametrically opposed political and religious ideologies. She is quite conservative, right-wing, and was raised in a
very Christian household (although she’s not independently religious as an adult) and I am more central left, raised in a politically active social democrat family, with no religious influence.
Our solution? There are two things we don’t talk about – politics and religion. But we have a lot of respect for each other, obviously we love each other very much, as we’ve been best friends for 13 years, and we can rise above our political differences – there’s a lot more to life (although it’s easy to forget that sometimes)
Sometimes you have to sift through the mud for the gold to shine through. But when you do, it's usually worth the effort you put into it.