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In reply to the discussion: People on here should not be allowed to advocate for health care reform [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)But to have a meaningful conversation with people on the right, we need to come to the table with our shit in order. With facts. Otherwise, of course it's going to devolve into a shouting match.
Here's the key, in the middle, there's a vast swath of gun owners that are reasonable people. They can be moved. They can be convinced. But there will be none of that while the two extremes on the far right and left are doing hyperbolic shouting matches.
Think of leadership. Think of the Obama administration. Calm, competent, constant pressure on issues, with facts. Not once did he go hyperbolic. Very few factual errors or grey areas. Now we have conservatives that will fight to KEEP the ACA provisions in some cases. What a strange world, right?
Younger progressives will help, but we also need moderates, specifically gun-owning moderates to abandon the NRA/friends.