"I agree with your politics, but I don't share your vitriol."
Obviously I don't agree with everyone's politics, but even when I do, I still find myself uneasy around people when they talk politics. It's not because I don't enjoy hearty debate, or thinking through practical issues, or engaging in theoretical hypothesizing. It's because I'm sick of the posturing. At almost every point along the political spectrum the one commonality is the demonization of one's political opponents. This tendency is not only immoral, but counterproductive.
It is precisely after hearing something like this that most people will respond with "uh-uh, cuz they did it first, and they do it worse!" Which only proves the point...
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