This is why I think it's a problem on both sides. There are reasonable people on both sides that are willing to talk but there's so few. People like yourself might want a reasonable debate but won't find anybody open minded enough to talk and same for people on the other side of the fence. Everybody just concludes that each side are closed minded and wrong, even the reasonable people because they can't find a decent debate.The smartest, most open minded and reasonable conservative I've ever talked to, still justified lots of nonsense.
Idk, it all just makes me sick and why I very rarely discuss politics.
I've never found a reasonable conservative willing to talk about solutions to racism or climate change. And it's not from a lack of trying.
I'm sure they're out there, but they don't seem willing to talk.
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That sounds a very one sided opinion to me but something I'm not going to argue about. My issue is more along the lines of why tf can't people talk about issues instead of pointing fingers. We should have the freedom to talk about things without getting shut down and disagreeing is part of an healthy argument. It's just that people get over aggressive and everything turns into a shouting match. It's not productive.Part of the problem is that people can't even agree on what the issues even are.
We can't fix climate change, if half the politicians are convinced that it's not real.
We can't fix racism, if both halves of the politicians are convinced that opposite sides are the victims of racism.
And I disagree heavily that conservatives are getting shut down for reasonable discussion. They're not getting shut down for having different ideas on how to tackle climate change, or racism or transphobia.
They might be getting shut down for climate change denial, or transphobia. Which I don't think is optimal, but it's dangerous for hatred and lies to propagate.