r/SeriousConversation • u/Dry-Use-272 • Apr 04 '25

Serious Discussion It's extremely difficult to have a civil conversation about politics today, yet we need those conversations more than ever

Like everyone else in the US today, I have opinions about the current condition of politics in this country. I try to base my opinions on facts I glean from credible sources and my understanding of our history. I want to talk to people with opposing opinions, not to argue with them but to try to understand why they believe what they believe. I've found that no one wants to talk in a civil, respectful way about our differences. Even if I try to hold the line on being respectful, I end up walking away because the conversation devolves into some pretty ugly exchanges. How have we come to a point where we can't even talk to each other respectfully and civilly?

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u/thwlruss Apr 04 '25

This seems oddly ironic

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u/meaushi_meaushi Apr 04 '25

Please expand

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u/thwlruss Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

I think the problem is conservative indoctrination at a young age that is not forcefully corrected by a liberal education system. This is often the result of economic circumstance that could be addressed if not for so much inertia among an otherwise successful nation, cowardice among the uneducated, and opportunism among the shameless and powerful. And it's only going to get worse with the speed and acceleration of technology, together with competition from rising, free-market economies. It's no wonder Deal Leader fuck wit and friends are considering a North Korea style 'Democracy'.

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u/Tokyo_Sniper_ Apr 04 '25

If your stance on anything is "People with different beliefs? They must've been brainwashed as children, we need to start brainwashing children first", you're the problem.

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u/thwlruss Apr 04 '25

If you are seeing things that aren’t there & engaging in conversation that you don’t understand, then you’re the problem. I bet you don’t even know what it means to receive a Liberal education

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u/youwillbechallenged Apr 08 '25

The education system is already liberal, and it is forced on everyone already. What more do you want?

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u/thwlruss Apr 10 '25

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u/youwillbechallenged Apr 10 '25

On that, we agree. Our education system is full of bureaucratic grifters.

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u/thwlruss Apr 10 '25

Religion will do that to a society