I don't know if college actually changes your viewpoint; it just gives you more depth. There is actually a theory called the reinforcement thesis, which says that people acquire a mental lens or filter at a very young age. As you get older you tend to accept more readily the information that reinforces that view and reject information that contradicts it. |
I don't think there's any animosity between the two sides. |
If we are going to have a functioning and healthy democratic society, we need to be open to civil discourse. In other words, we have to be able to disagree without being disagreeable. |
Maybe what we do here is help you develop that sense of what is right and what is wrong. We don't want to dictate morality to people. |
Unfortunately in groups that deal with politics, membership gets bigger when we are close to an election then sort of drops off in a non-election year. |