Can someone explain to me why some feel the need to personally attack someone when all they're trying to do is convey their opinion on something - that was a rhetorical statement, I don't need an explanation. Yesterday I witnessed three instances of when someone conveyed a response that someone else didn't like and got crucified for it! It's their opinion if you don't like it that's fine but why do you have to attack the person and not the topic at hand. Furthermore the person being attacked shot back with a similar response, showings a bit of ignorance and also showing how widespread the problem really is.
The following quoted statement has never been truer - "I've said this before, but this seeming inability to accept a difference of opinion is a growing societal problem, certainly not isolated to this or other forums. Far too many self-esteems are based on likes, dislikes, shares, forwards, pokes...pick your social media feedback method."
I'll take the statement a step further, we see this all the time, you see it on the news with politicians attacking each other with comments that really shouldn't be said nationally let alone in public, the media grabs it and they run with it and they make it seem like it's the best thing on the planet since sliced bread but in actuality it's not, it shows nothing but a bias approach to what the media deems "good news". And therein lies the problem, now some think it's appropriate to act like these individuals - "speak your mind no matter who you offend or how you make them feel" - how is that helping anyone but themselves look like an idiot!?!?
Let's try and keep the debates on topic let's try and stop attacking people and start attacking the topic at hand. Part of having a crucial conversation with someone is to listen to what the other individual is stating you might not agree with it and you don't have to but listen to what they're saying try to put yourselves in their shoes and if you still don't agree with it at the end again, that's fine but state it in the manner that's not going to attack them personally, it's just not right, and by doing so all you're really doing is derailing the conversation.
You have just proved my point and you have an opinion I can use moving forward " it's better to lose an argument against someone who knows what they're talking about than win one against someone who doesn't." Yes, I do like this quote as it applies. Thanks for the enlightenment. 
