>>513261097
People have been under attack, they feel threatened, this leads to anger, which leads to conflict. Both sides are looking for a gotcha but nobody is willing to have a discussion. They quickly turn into insults which leads to bickering.
And then people are divided on so many things, they often might not be wrong to be so divided when you're in the presence of your enemies, hostility can break out at any moment. These are hills not worth dying on, but, it's disturbing when people aren't just losing their relationships and becoming isolated over them. People are genuinely dying over strong opinions. But, how about spiritual death. Day in and day out somebody's posting the most awful things they can conceive it can't be good for the soul, right?
The question is how do we see past these differences, and, for practical reasons, reckon them out without making your opponent feel targeted?
The goal shouldn't be conversion, just negotiation, to better understand.