A huge issue today is the lack of calm, reasoned debate.
As a Trump supporter I have never been able to properly explain the rationale to a liberal. I believe there is a worthy debate beneath all the political smear, but it is never reached. I believe the reason for this is the liberal media and the incredibly effective Democratic party election machine.
The argument stays at the high level of "how could you vote for someone who said that", "he is a monster", etc. It is "I don't want to listen".
All you have to do to realise what is wrong with this is to ask yourself: "What happens if the situation is reversed and someone said they don't want to listen to me?". What if someone else started to restrict what I could say?
Thankfully, freedom of speech is such an integral part of the US, that there is not one side trying to control what the other can say, and the other doing the same back.
This is what makes the country work. The fact that both sides are not in the business of restricting free speech. This doesn't hold true in many other countries.
As a Trump supporter I have never been able to properly explain the rationale to a liberal. I believe there is a worthy debate beneath all the political smear, but it is never reached. I believe the reason for this is the liberal media and the incredibly effective Democratic party election machine.
The argument stays at the high level of "how could you vote for someone who said that", "he is a monster", etc. It is "I don't want to listen".
All you have to do to realise what is wrong with this is to ask yourself: "What happens if the situation is reversed and someone said they don't want to listen to me?". What if someone else started to restrict what I could say?
Thankfully, freedom of speech is such an integral part of the US, that there is not one side trying to control what the other can say, and the other doing the same back.
This is what makes the country work. The fact that both sides are not in the business of restricting free speech. This doesn't hold true in many other countries.