Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by lookout123

i regret to see that anyone as generally well educated as Radar is has a list of one issue litmus tests that he will use to cut all contact with people. isolating yourself from those that disagree and surrounding yourself with a bunch of "me too's" is what leads our country further and further to the extremes. if you don't have any association with those who disagree it is easy to forget that they are real people who are generally good, fine, upstanding, intelligent people who just disagree with you on issues, and next thing you know they are the enemy.

Everyone has a list like this. I have one, but its pretty short: The moment I learn someone is racist, I pretty much cut all lines of communication with them. There's no reason to associate with them or try to come to terms when people are that hard set, although you can still understand their point of view and treat them like a human being. Why create more tension when your highly opposite view doesn't have much of a chance to change someone's mind? When neither side has anything to gain from the other, what's the point?

This reaction is the default for most people on their "hot" issues and those polarized issues vary from person to person. I guess if you're extremely passionate about some of these politics, the only possible outcome of discussion is one both parties should probably avoid.