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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3551914" data-attributes="member: 35603">I will agree that every trend has an expiration date.  Watching the news, political debates, social media debates, personal discussions I have had with people that have a different opinion, etc., I think we are losing the emphasis on intelligent discourse.  We are seeing a huge increase in emotionally driven disagreements where the person that screams their emotional outcries the loudest is seen as the moral victor.  It is no longer accepted by a large number of people that two people can intelligently disagree on a topic and neither be wrong.  The issue with that is it takes a lot of effort, mental strength, and emotional discipline to engage in that type of discussion.  A lot of folks prefer to take the easy way out and resort to personal attacks and assigning names to the other person labelling them as the next Hitler, or a snowflake, or a redneck bigot, or a libtard.I will openly admit I often have many of these thoughts go through my head when I am reading through news stories, watching interviews, or reading posts on the Internet.  I do try to curb myself before those thoughts become weaponized and leave my mouth though.  At the end of the day, there is nothing that builds more respect for a person than being able to intelligently disagree with someone and find a common point where we can each at least appreciate the other person's perspective.  Some see that as a slippery slope to caving into the opposition.  I see it as gaining additional tools and understanding to have an even more persuasive discussion the next time it comes up.  Maybe, just maybe, I can win one or two over to see why their way may not be the only way and make another ally in the process.</blockquote>

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