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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll try to make it as general as possible. What if there is a hot topic, A  vs B. Say most people around you support A. You do, too, but you have questions or doubts about A, or you can understand (but not support) B’s reasoning. you don’t perceive A as something flawless. 
However if you ask those questions, or even don’t support A with all your heart, you are labeled as (insert whatever insult du jour you can think of). 
How to deal with it? 
I find that in the most recent conflicts I can’t support one side without reservation, yet it seems like I am expected to. I am genuinely scared of all the silence is violence type tropes. [/quote]

A different answer from me.

I think that the problems are:

1. Discussions occurring in places like this, instead of in person. So difficult to effectively convey nuance in written form.

[b]2. The fact that people increasingly live and interact in bubbles of like-minded people. Lack of exposure to other ideas from friends/neighbors makes people intolerant.[/b]

3. The decline of liberal arts education. I learned to consider (and advocate for) both sides of every argument. People no longer receive training in having these kinds of discussions. [/quote]

For me, it isn't about differing ideas. It is that one side simply doesn't want people like me to have the same freedoms as straight white males. So it is hard to be sympathetic to people whose tribe want me to be subjugated.[/quote]

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