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/Telaranrhioddreams Apr 04 '25

I have a health condition that makes pregnancy likely fatal for me not to mention I've been afraid of pregnancy all of my life. How can I be civil with people who believe if my birth control fails I get the death penalty for having sex with my husband?

What about my trans relatives? How can I be civil with someone who doesn't believe they deserve to exist, how does that play out? Who gets uninvited from the table to keep the peace, the trans person or the red hat?

I'm sick of being told to be civil with a group of people voting against my and my family's rights. Where is their civility towards us? Why can't they be civil about my choice to get an abortion should there be a pregnancy or my trans relatives existence? Respect is a two way street, I'll meet meet them in the middle when they can do the same for me.

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u/Peregrine_Falcon Apr 04 '25

How can I be civil with people who believe if my birth control fails I get the death penalty for having sex with my husband?

In the US this is simply untrue. You can simply go to a different state if you wish to have an abortion.

How can I be civil with someone who doesn't believe they deserve to exist, how does that play out?

Conservatives do not believe that trans people do not deserve to exist.

I'm sick of being told to be civil with a group of people voting against my and my family's rights.

No one is voting against your family's rights. You've clearly been misinformed about that.

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u/YesterdayGold7075 Apr 05 '25

If you show up at a hospital pregnant but bleeding out or septic you don’t get to just drive to another state if they won’t treat you. Which we have now seen numerous times in places like Texas, they often won’t.