LuckyDan
Sublime
What's wrong with partisanship anyway? Helps build consensus. It's a good thing. If you don't like the level of discourse, partisanship isn't the problem as much as intellectual dishonesty and just plain childishness.
Speaking of talk radio, I listen to Dennis Prager on my off days and one of his maxims is that in any discussion he prefers clarity to agreement. We don't have to change each others mids - we're probably never going to, since we've already made our minds up on most things, like adults are expected to do - but we can discuss things in such a way as to clear away the clutter and get to an understanding of different viewpoints.
If someone's mind is changed along the way, because of new or clarified information, then so much the better, but that's not always a realistic expectation.
Plus, posters might find it easier to admit they got something wrong if, after doing so, they weren't subjected to even further abuse.
Speaking of talk radio, I listen to Dennis Prager on my off days and one of his maxims is that in any discussion he prefers clarity to agreement. We don't have to change each others mids - we're probably never going to, since we've already made our minds up on most things, like adults are expected to do - but we can discuss things in such a way as to clear away the clutter and get to an understanding of different viewpoints.
If someone's mind is changed along the way, because of new or clarified information, then so much the better, but that's not always a realistic expectation.
Plus, posters might find it easier to admit they got something wrong if, after doing so, they weren't subjected to even further abuse.