I could not disagree more!

I lean conservative and have a family member who leans hard left.  We have great discussions about the problems in the US and we even agree on a lot of the underlying reasons for them.  Our disagreements often are found in what we view as the solution to the problem.  The key to our great conversations is that the goal is not to win an argument or change an opinion.  It is to simply talk about it and learn more.

We need to learn how to do that and our (the non-media, average Joe on the street) conversations will be much more civil and beneficial.