Time to listen

The shooting at the Republican baseball practice last week has me concerned. I haven't posted for a little while, because I wanted to post something important, and I think this is it. One of the purposes of this page is to promote a view of politics that asks people to overcome their resentments and judgments in the past, and realize that there are important contributions from people who don't think the same way you do. The best way to understand how to work with others you MUST work with is to listen to them. To Liberals: you're going to have to accept that conservatives aren't going anywhere. To Conservatives: you're going to have to accept that liberals aren't going anywhere. If you want to fight with each other, take a lesson from history and realize that neither side is going to win anything, but you'll lose a lot. Also, it's always the innocents that are hurt the most and the worst in such fights. All you have to do is listen to the other side. In order to listen, you can't bring an agenda to your listening. You have to listen without an agenda, otherwise you'll just hear what you already know. I'm not asking anyone to give up their agenda, or forget about it, or prioritize it differently in any way. All I'm asking for is for people to listen authentically to people you don't agree with, and who don't agree with you.