Is debate no longer taught in school? That would explain a thing or two.
Having your own opinion is crucial, but understanding someone else's is too.
Devils Advocate is always my favorite position to play.
That doesn't mean I'm looking to change my mind just means I want to understand the other side.
To start a discourse, to find common ground, to allow dialog to flow with no anger found.
Conversations without hatred and name calling maybe that's asking to much but it seems like a good place to start! there is a movie called The Great Debaters that I think everyone would benefit from watching. The one I watched starred Denzel Washington but I think this was a remake of a movie made in the sixties.