What is it about politics that makes people go insane?

In many classes I've taken the base question about why people differ in world views comes down to their view of human nature. Are humans inherently good, or inherently evil? For most people this jump off point leads them to a series of conclusions that become the basis for how they conduct themselves and how they view the world around them. Whenever somebody is critical of another's core belief structure, it's easy for them to get emotionally charged. After being challenged frequently enough, a person will become jaded and is less distrubed by "cognitive dissonance." Best to emotionally remove yourself and realize that the person you're arguing with has the best of intentions based on their basic world view. However this is easier said than done. Gotta love 100 level polysci courses with all the kiddies raging at each other.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Krelian

I think a good deal of it is that they might be affected by it. Nobody likes taxes.

The communists do!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Ok, how bout those transitioning to Communism do.

and, fascists do too.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.