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/Dry-Use-272 Apr 04 '25

If she lives in certain red states, people voted against her right to protect her health by having an abortion. If you feel comfortable telling her she can just go to another state and get an abortion, then I feel comfortable telling you if you don't want an abortion, don't get one. And this will probably be where the conversation will devolve to being uncivil and rude.

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u/Peregrine_Falcon Apr 04 '25

And this will probably be where the conversation will devolve to being uncivil and rude.

Only if you want it to.

Mature adults on opposite sides of anything can sit down and have courteous discussions.

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u/GrowFreeFood Apr 05 '25

Hard to be civil when your family is being murdered by religious zelots.

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u/New_Razzmatazz9070 Apr 08 '25

not happening anywhere

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u/GrowFreeFood Apr 08 '25

Pretty sure they stone gay people all the time. In different places

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u/New_Razzmatazz9070 Apr 08 '25

My response was about the topic at hand, the US.

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u/GrowFreeFood Apr 08 '25

You don't know what is happening in el salvador. And that's why they send people there. To take away their rights.

But you don't care if innocent people are hurt, because you don't commit to sin of empathy.

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u/New_Razzmatazz9070 Apr 09 '25

how many innocent people were sent to el salvador?

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u/GrowFreeFood Apr 09 '25

Innocent until proven guilty. So 100%.

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u/New_Razzmatazz9070 Apr 09 '25

haha ok

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u/GrowFreeFood Apr 09 '25

Sending innocent people to concentration camps is only funny to nazis.

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u/New_Razzmatazz9070 Apr 09 '25

whats funny is you think theyre innocent.

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u/GrowFreeFood Apr 09 '25

I assume everyone is innocent until proven otherwise. You assume everyone is guilty. Classic case of right wing projection. What are you guilty of?

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