mojo84 wrote:Charles, Do your comments apply only to gun related issues or to other issues as well. If not, why? I am concerned we have operated in our own echo chamber for too long and that's why we have seen the deterioration of values in other areas such as valuing life, liberty, morals, religion, economics and individual responsibility. Most of this has happened during our and the previous generation.
I am interested in your feedback as I am involved in a couple of pretty contentious debates.
If I may interject for a moment, IMHO, stand your ground, silence is consent.
I don't start a lot of conversations but I have a way of ending them when the other side doesn't like what I have to say. At the same time I sometimes get unexpected agreement. Like I am confirming what others were thinking but afraid to say or wondered if they were on the right track. Sometimes people have to their common sense confirmed the first time they use it. So yes, mostly we are preaching to the choir but I a have "turned" a few family and friends. It is rare but possible.
The first step is to get people to think for themselves, use common sense and quit listening to all the media and propaganda. I often point out the error of the other side or those who think like them especially when I know my intended audience is one of them. It's less of a personal attack that way but gets the message across. I'll risk upsetting some to change the minds of others.