Hello

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Hello Back and Welcome to DU.

>>>But there are times it's nice to talk to people who are more on the same page about an issue instead of having the same 'justify why we shouldn't kill everyone outside the United States' type start from scratch discussions with people on the far right. >>>>

My conversations w. RWers usually don't last too long: little or no no common ground to start with. OTOH... sometimes the most ferocious polemics result from disputes over arcane points of doctrine w. people who are more or less otherwise "on the same page". We see this historically... esp in re. to religion. When European Christians weren't going after the Jews, for example, they were religious-warring w. each other with a special and fearsome --- and frankly *insane* --- fanaticism. Usually over some obscure point of doctrine.

Plenty of examples in the contemporary world today also: Shia, Sunni, Allawites, etc etc etc.

Relax: it doesn't usually get that bad here. *Usually*.

Welcome again.