[CaliGrrl]

Originally Posted by alex.s

have your view. explain your view. vote by your view. everyone else can do the same. there's zero point telling people their view is wrong. if they want to vote for a racist biggot, that is their decision. that is who they want to be represented by.

Love this. This is how it's done. I agree there's no point in telling people their views are wrong. Discussions about why you feel the way you do, and listening to others say why they are where they are, that's different. Sometimes the reasons from the "other" side make sense and you change your views on something. Cool.

Originally Posted by FrugalNinja250

We are demonstrating here what it's like to have civil conversation without name-calling (much), ennuendos, and all the nasty rhetorical tactics that usually turn such threads into the verbal equivalent of throwing rocks and sticks at each other.

And thank goodness!