Comment by humanrebar

> ...you might as well be trying to convince...

The bar is much lower right now. People aren't even treating each other with due respect in a political context.

I consider it a first step to productive cultural dialog when I can come across as a decent person with reasonably derived opinions, even if they are honestly mistaken ones from many perspectives.

When we withdraw politics and other subjects from polite dialog, we are saying there is no hope for productive civil disagreement, which doesn't bode well for progress or lasting peace.