I don't see this at all. I work with and am friends with a bunch of liberals (my wife is a professor at a small private college, it comes with the territory). They're perfectly nice people, just as nice and wanting to do the right thing as my conservative coworkers and friends.
There are definitely extremists on both sides, people who refuse to discuss but who instead prefer yelling, and I would definitely call those individuals unpleasant. However, it's not too hard to figure out who these people are and the next time I see them, it's, "Nice to meet you!" and a quick excuse to leave the scene.
Most people, left, middle, and right, are decent people just trying to make their way in the world. Don't let the morons on either side act as a stand-in for the whole group. When you do that, you're blinding yourself to the possibility that you might learn something from others, or that you might teach them something (both of which are good things).
There are definitely extremists on both sides, people who refuse to discuss but who instead prefer yelling, and I would definitely call those individuals unpleasant. However, it's not too hard to figure out who these people are and the next time I see them, it's, "Nice to meet you!" and a quick excuse to leave the scene.
Most people, left, middle, and right, are decent people just trying to make their way in the world. Don't let the morons on either side act as a stand-in for the whole group. When you do that, you're blinding yourself to the possibility that you might learn something from others, or that you might teach them something (both of which are good things).



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