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Those on Both Sides Are Only Talking and Writing To People Who Already Agree With Them

Posted on 6/13/22 at 8:35 pm
Posted by Sulu
Member since Feb 2022
66 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 8:35 pm
I can gather most here are very similar politically, and I mean beyond just left v. right.

A consequence of this global-village parochialism is we have forfeited the ability to put ourselves in the other man’s shoes and see the world as he sees it.

Argument is a lost art.

I encourage myself daily to branch out and listen.

Bill Clinton said we should all spend more time listening to each other, and I wholeheartedly agree.
Posted by Strannix
President Trump's America
Member since Dec 2012
51301 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 8:37 pm to
What is there to argue with a party that wants mentally ill trannys grooming prepubescent children???
Posted by GalvoAg
Galveston TX
Member since Apr 2012
11052 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 8:37 pm to
I do agree it’s good to listen, reminds me how fricked some people are out there.
Posted by dr
texas
Member since Mar 2022
1161 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 8:38 pm to
did bill listen when she told him "NO!!"
This post was edited on 6/13/22 at 8:39 pm
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
19597 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 8:39 pm to
quote:

I can gather most here are very similar politically, and I mean beyond just left v. right.

A consequence of this global-village parochialism is we have forfeited the ability to put ourselves in the other man’s shoes and see the world as he sees it.

Argument is a lost art.

I encourage myself daily to branch out and listen.

Bill Clinton said we should all spend more time listening to each other, and I wholeheartedly agree.


Welcome. You've come to the right place.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
62983 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 8:42 pm to
The left wants right wing people banned from all places and institutions in society.
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
14547 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 8:42 pm to
quote:

Bill Clinton said we should all spend more time listening to each other, and I wholeheartedly agree.


Isn't that the guy who said "it depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is"?

Who wants to listen to such nonsense?

Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
157414 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 8:45 pm to
Are you stuck in 1970?

I don't listen to or entertain deranged democrats that are so far left Bill Maher dumped them.

I think we need a convention to break away from the left. It is beyond divisive.
Posted by skiboman1
Cody, Wyoming
Member since Oct 2007
460 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 8:53 pm to
Not me. I go to liberal sites and try to debate. The problem is that the left doesn’t have any real argument and I generally get called names. I still keep going back to check myself.
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
34743 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 9:02 pm to
I work with people primarily on the opposite side (left) of the political spectrum.


So believe me I hear all about how leftist causes are the best and conservatives largely are racist gun nuts who hate women.


There are many conservatives but very very few who talk openly about their beliefs.

I imagine this is the case in most metro areas nowadays. It’s the left that has cut off all sharing of ideas. Not the right. If you get told you are various sorts of evil because of your wrongthink then who is going to speak up.
Posted by DMAN1968
Member since Apr 2019
11850 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 9:34 pm to
quote:

see the world as he sees it.

Nope...that's some crazy-arse shite going on in the minds of those folks.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
84898 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 9:50 pm to
quote:

Bill Clinton said we should all spend more time listening to each other


Bill Clinton is also a serial rapist.
Posted by sabanisarustedspoke
Member since Jan 2007
5440 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 10:30 pm to
quote:

I can gather most here are very similar politically, and I mean beyond just left v. right.

A consequence of this global-village parochialism is we have forfeited the ability to put ourselves in the other man’s shoes and see the world as he sees it.

Argument is a lost art.

I encourage myself daily to branch out and listen.

Bill Clinton said we should all spend more time listening to each other, and I wholeheartedly agree.



You are partially right but there is no doubt that one of the parties refuses to hear, allow debate, or even consider the fact that there is another opinion besides there own. And if one surfaces, this group has no problem at all with criminally silencing their opposition. For that reason, the Democratic Party is in collapse and will evaporate over time. Because of the events of the last two year, no one in my bloodline and many others from here one will ever vote for anyone represented by the Democratic Criminal organization. I'm pretty certain this philosophy of mine is snow balling.
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
21280 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 10:33 pm to
Why argue with the irretrievably stupid and morally degenerate? They are not capable of admitting that they are wrong. Besides, the foul stench of liberalism turns my stomach.
Posted by PaperTiger
Ruston, LA
Member since Feb 2015
25627 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 10:37 pm to
Man I used to listen, or at least I tried. I really did. But this shite has gotten so extreme. At some point I just started to shut them all out.

The left doesnt want debate. They dont want you to listen. They just want you to agree, and that's not how it works in this country, whether they want it to or not.

Posted by SleepyJoe
Member since Apr 2022
451 posts
Posted on 6/13/22 at 11:14 pm to
I will talk with the left when they're ready to give up something. All they do is take.

I want voters to have skin in the game. Own land. Net + tax payer. Shut down the border. Evict every single illegal.

In exchange. I would agree on a one day waiting period for 18 year old to purchase any semi automatic long gun currently in common use by US military. Let's start there and talk.

But they wont. They want gun control. And expect the compromise to be less gun control. GFY
Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
25379 posts
Posted on 6/14/22 at 12:36 am to
quote:

I encourage myself daily to branch out and listen.


I hope this is an “I’m an independent thinker” post.

I love those.
Posted by TenWheelsForJesus
Member since Jan 2018
9254 posts
Posted on 6/14/22 at 2:36 am to
Every "solution" the left has restricts my freedom either personally or economically. I've heard all their arguments, and they are all terrible.

I'm not going to support the sexualization of children because mentally ill trannies kill themselves. I'm not going to give up the right to protect my family because criminals do bad things. I'm not going to teach my white kids to hate themselves for any reason. I'm not going to let my daughter get beat up by a boy because of some "inclusivity" bullshite. I'm not going to vote to raise taxes because poor people make bad decisions. I'm not going support millions of illegal aliens invading the country when it lowers wages, increases government dependence, and destroys our sovereignty.

I'll listen when the left stops being hypocrites. When climate activists stop using private planes and owning multiple homes. When feminists stop supporting trannies. When they stop silencing conservatives while demanding inclusivity. When they stop defending criminals and criminalizing concerned parents. When rich politicians stop taking money from even richer people and corporations while pretending rich people are the problem.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
131356 posts
Posted on 6/14/22 at 3:45 am to
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Argument is a lost art.

Negative. It is an intolerable offense.

Jack Del Rio put forth a fact-filled argument addressing multiple duplicitous J6 twitter diatribes. Del Rio pointed out the double standard at play in the comparative MSM J6 coverage vs that of the murders, burning, and looting during the summer of love. Nothing he said was even disputable.

In response, his woke boss fined him $100K, forced him to apologize for stating self-evident truths, and the NAACP is calling for his termination.

In the face of leftist safe-spaces and cancel-culture, your attribution of the problem to "Both Sides" is either an audacious troll or painfully ignorant.
This post was edited on 6/14/22 at 3:49 am
Posted by Froman
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
37628 posts
Posted on 6/14/22 at 4:16 am to
As someone who doesn’t lean far left or right these days, no one wants to just have a discussion. Both sides like to yell their opinion at you and tell you this is why they are right and any contrarian thing you say is wrong.

The only difference is that right leaning people are less likely to cut you out of their lives for having different beliefs than them.
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