Discussing politics in family and in public

[dogtowner]

Politics is one of the things I refuse to discuss with those outside my family. Why, because say what you want, but this is oen area where everyone, I don't care who you are is going to have a passionate view on. We are going to have our postion and no one is going to change our minds about it. This can usually lead to fights if individuals don't share the same viewpoints on politices. Believe it or not it is possible to be friends with someone not in your own political party, but in order to do this its usually necessary to leave the politics at the door.

I hAve to disagree. I think roughly half don't care at all. Why else do pols try to gin up hate ?

 

[AbeLincoln]

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How can this kind of insanity be dealt with using "meaningful political discussion"?

Frustrating, isn't it? Well, we do not let intimidation and fear get the best of us-- the legal thinking American people. Keep exercising our right to the First Amendment. We can set the pace and the political mood before they get nastier.

 

[Zynni]

I'm very careful when it comes to discussing either issue with people I'm close to. I don't want to "offend" them (man, am I ever sick of that word). I am generally able to agree to disagree, if it comes down to it, but many people are not.

As far as politics, I can't debate with people who only want to regurgitate rhetoric instead of actually believing in something and being able to back it up with reasoned arguments. I get annoyed with the ones who parrot whatever they've heard spewed by "journalists" (lol) and have no idea why things are as they are. I also can't deal with Utopia types. Let's deal with the world how it is, not how you think it should be.

 

[Maelalove]

I don't discuss politics in public, either. I feel like all that would do is just bring up something that is going to cross someone, and it is just going to start the chain reaction of anger that I don't want to deal with it. As for in the family, I usually avoid it due to being on different spectrums politically. My mother is a strong republican, following very close opinions to the typical republican, and I am a strong democrat that feels the opposite. I'd much rather avoid the confrontation that follows, honestly.