It seems safe to say political conversations have always riled people up. Growing up I remember adults talking politics and getting worked up, and now, an adult myself, it’s almost impossible for people to have a political discussion without tempers flaring.

With the Trump impeachment inquiry, it looks as though even our political representatives can’t have neutral conversations. Through C-SPAN I’ve watched very limited segments of the investigation (as per the parameters of my Twitter news trial), but it appears every question is punctuated by a three minute partisan rant.

Can we fault the American public for wallowing in partisan politics when our leaders do the same? They are political leaders after all.

Holding a political conversation with someone is difficult. We are emotional, not rational, beings. There is a reason our legal system differentiates first-degree and second-degree murder.

But having these conversations is important. As our world becomes increasingly glocal, we will continuously be exposed to more and more diversity. Probably adversity as well.

We can champion onward. As I’ve referenced before, we have made significant progress. Openness might be our most important value moving forward. After all, from the biggest perspective, we all want the same thing, don’t we?