For me the premise of this thread is funny because the majority of the political talk I get in the "real world" is one sided angry ranting based on made up bullshit that whatever idiot believes with absolute conviction, where the only safe response is mocking agreement and encouragement or a non-committal grunt followed by an attempt to change the subject.
Recent examples would be Obama is a piece of shit for paying people to make up bad things about Trump, and CNN needs to be burned to the ground for spreading fake news. Also, all liberals should be killed. There isn't exactly a lot of room left for civility there.
It's funny to me how people with the strongest convictions always seem to be the most misinformed. Whoever said talking politics is like talking religion is right on fucking point.
Hell, there are still actual christian fundamentalists. And a good number of them get voted into positions of power. How can you possibly have an actual civil discussion with someone who will angrily insist that dinosaur bones are the world's oldest conspiracy?
Hopefully this explains why I just parachute into the politics thread with a quip about something that makes me laugh and consider "srs" discussions there to be little more than masturbation. The lunacy I'm surrounded by has taught me that facts and information may as well be printed on toilet paper, because so much of humanity invents their own that the truth simply doesn't fucking matter. Take your one vote and your choice between douchbag and turd sandwich and worry about things you can control.
Talking politics is best left to the comedians.