@BenSouthwood that’s symptomatic of a healthier and less tribal democracy.
@BenSouthwood I’ve not really experienced that, and though I religiously do not talk about religion or politics on here or on my site (unless I’m really angry), I think between indyref and brexit that I lost most of those old friends along the way.
@BenSouthwood I suspect we agree with “those we loathe” more often than we might suspect. A while back I decided to abandon any conversation that starts with identifying as liberal/conservative, my candidate vs. your candidate. When we claw our way out of the silos we have been driven into, and have conversations directly about issues we find, for example, book banning is not favored by many in both liberal and conservative camps…