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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
The problem with your argument, MC, is that on one side is Live and Let Live (if you don't want to have an abortion, don't), and one that is my side is right and needs to make decisions on behalf of everyone, even if half the world disagrees because what they want to allow is murder. Regardless of if it's religious, political, social or whatever, one is telling the other how to behave and that is offensive to the part who thinks personal responsibility is more important. I don't see middle ground here. Well, I DO see middle ground, but it's not middle ground the other side will accept as compromise.
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There may not be middle ground, or the middle ground might be somewhere no one expects it to be.
But that's really not the point of my argument. The point of my argument is that regardless of whether middle ground is found, nothing good or productive comes from people on either side (of any issue) misunderstanding, mischaracterizing, caricaturing, trivializing or dismissing as not genuine the opinions and beliefs of those with whom they disagree. That just widens the divide and is a guarantee that middle ground can't be found. It's a sure recipe for polarization. If people on opposite sides make a genuine and respectful effort to understand where those with whom they disagree are coming from, then if they continue to disagree, at least it's an honest, and hopefully, respectful disagreement.
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