Ziay!

I Know - Pick ME

Everyone has their own views. You aren't going to change someone's mind about their view on politics. It is what it is. So why don't people undertand that? Why can't they listen to your views and you to their's and agree to disagree? This is especially frustrating when the person arguing with you has no idea what they are talking about, and are arguing based on incorrect facts. You might say "Just don't talk to them about it", but that doesn't always work. For example: I was talking to a coworker about George Bush today and another person butts in on my conversation and starts arguing with me. I didn't ask for their opinion. Why can't people butt out or agree to disagree?

desertwriter1121

Simply put - lack of respect for the other person. It's the cancer that is tearing apart American society.

jediljc

Its very simple, political beliefs are just like other beliefs, most of them are learned from parents, friends, and peers. Many people don't even understand all of the facts surrounding and issue before forming an opinion on it. In most cases becoming fully informed would take too much time. Politics, like religion, become a core to our identities, and people feel that an attack on their political beliefs is an attack on themselves. Its easy to become defensive when this happens.

innocence faded

Because some people just cannot accept that people have different opinions, or worse, that something they might believe to be true is actually wrong. Also, some people are incapable of stating their opinions without insulting another person. When someone butts in as the person did in your example, I give them a blank stare, shake my head, and say, "I really do not remember asking you. Why did you just butt in like that?" or something to that effect.