Comment by JMTQp8lwXL
5 years ago
Let's phrase this another way: if neither were SCOTUS justices, but mere acquaintances that came across one another at say, a party, and began discussing politics-- would they have become friends? No.
5 years ago
Let's phrase this another way: if neither were SCOTUS justices, but mere acquaintances that came across one another at say, a party, and began discussing politics-- would they have become friends? No.
I believe they were friends prior to SCOTUS appointments when they were both on DC circuit. They were really big opera buffs. But in any case they had some exceptional traits that are not necessarily common.
Why are you so sure of that?
really? because I am friends with quite a few people who I disagree with on political issues. I will even say those are some of the people I enjoying talking with the most (so long as we both agree to show respect to each other).
You make friends with only those people who agree with you on every political issue?
Your assumption is unsupported and, in my experience, untrue.
There's quite a bit of data supporting the fact that there are less moderates today and both sides are less civil to one another when compared to the past, mostly because echo chambers reduce our exposure to perspectives outside of our own, and in aggregate, it makes us less receptive when we rarely do encounter opposite beliefs.