The only thing I’d add to it is the tendency to describe the other’s motivation for his position.
Part of my original point is that conservatives seem to believe they have the moral high ground in everything, regardless of demonstrated outcome or even language chosen for the argument. Because of this, conservatives are dismissive of liberals motivations as a condition of the engagement. Call me nuts but that is a big roadblock.
I engage with you and other conservatives here all the time - and you repeatedly tell me I don't, in fact, understand conservatives nearly as well as conservatives understand me (as a liberal).
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Part of my original point is that conservatives seem to believe they have the moral high ground in everything, regardless of demonstrated outcome or even language chosen for the argument. Because of this, conservatives are dismissive of liberals motivations as a condition of the engagement. Call me nuts but that is a big roadblock.
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well when you do actually mean Y but stick stubbornly to having to have it sound like X . . . yeah it gets frustrating.
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Bingo.
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I engage with you and other conservatives here all the time - and you repeatedly tell me I don't, in fact, understand conservatives nearly as well as conservatives understand me (as a liberal).