If you hate politics, is it that you hate the need for decision-making or do you hate the side-taking??
We should all be mature enough to be able to discuss these things in a civil fashion ...but it should also be genuine and truthful. You don't say you are open to discussion ...so everyone can hear you say that, then when the time comes you are open to nothing that disagrees with your already solidly formed opinion.
Of course, much of the conflict comes into play when we disagree what is opinion and what is fact. If I believe in God and I believe the Bible is the Word of God, then I logically would want to hold true to those standards. And if you believe in only select parts of the Bible that fit your own preference ...then it would appear to me that you are penning your own truth.
We should not hate people, and we should not hate discussing things that are of such high importance as the policies that are brought before us. We may dislike the process, and not like the unrelenting back and forth ...but people should be called out when they do that, and be reminded that they are not acting worthy of the office they are holding. This is not by the opinion they hold, but rather by the way they can civilly present it.
Margaret Thatcher once said, "I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left."
