the_dunk_tank
It's the dunk tank.
This is where you come to post big-brained hot takes by chuds, libs, or even fellow leftists, and tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes.
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It does take skill, effort, and patience to talk about major points of disagreement (and actually go in depth on them) without blowing up a friendship. But that's valuable stuff to develop anyway, and if you can't talk to a friend about topics like this, how are you supposed to have the same conversation with strangers?
When a liberal says something like "just remain their friend and don’t get involved discussing these issues and show them love. Just say you disagree if they bring up politics", I wonder how much of that response comes from them knowing very little about what they actually believe. Like, could they really explain how they arrived at their opinion or why they believe the things they do in conversation?
Or is it just like taking medication - "I don't know how it works but this is what I was prescribed"?