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I don't need to understand where they're coming from if they want to cut social programs, lower taxes on the rich, support societies that would happily execute gay people, etc.
Even though I don't need to understand, I do actually. When it comes to the people on the right, it's mostly people I've known from growing up in a religious family and from spending a lot of time doing work in factories. They're bigoted zealots who think that the real problem with Millennials and Gen Z is that they just don't want to work anymore. And if they just wanted to work and put in the effort they could all be retiring with nice cars and mansions.
As for the people I know on the left, it's not as many who are completely insane. But it's still most of them. People who voted Hillary because "it was her turn!" or even voted Obama because "I feel bad for black people, so he needed to be president no matter what" (those are literal fucking quotes, I shit you not). Not only that, but they'll talk about how dangerous the rightwing is and how they want to overthrow the country, and then the very next topic of conversation can be about how they don't trust themselves with a gun and are offended at the suggestion that they should arm themselves.
If you think with either of these I'm talking about you and you're offended, you need to reevaluate your morals.
I don't know if you necessarily have to understand them, but you should still ask them about it, just to make them think about it.
Lots of people form their opinions out of their ass without ever being confronted with why they have hat opinion.
You don't have to like these people, but you do need to co-exist. That'll be difficult if they are allowed to dig themselves into their trenches without any resistance until they start flinging shit at each other.
The only way to avoid it getting worse is to engage in dialogue and keep questioning them. Don't argue, don't tell them what is right or wrong, just keep asking "why do you think that?"
The other side of that coin is to allow people to question your beliefs and to actually think about things when they do.
Those two things together is what will really help, imo.
They will ask eventually. I just don't want to force anything on anyone
I believe that it is impossible to teach anyone anything, but it is possible for anyone to learn anything.
Understanding happens when someone thinks and reaches out.