You mean, about politics and stuff? Oh, that’s easy:
Don’t.
Seriously, I have no expectations of changing any of my liberal friends’ – several of whom read this blog – minds on any topic. In fact, I only get into political discussions offline with people that I know damned well, and preferably on topics where we’re all in general agreement on the broad outlines anyway. I only get into political arguments with my mom, because I know that she enjoys getting my goat on it and she’s not going to let politics get in the way of her grandkids*. And I’m not the sort to hang out with people who espouse pedestrian, dreary conspiracy theories (and all political conspiracy theories are dreary and pedestrian, unless they involve Rod Blagojevich). Continue reading ‘How to talk to a liberal?’