American politics: Just a big shouting match

in my opinion it is not about voices but issues. the issue is if someone says something is wrong with something and no one does anything about then law suits are put into place, and no one wants a law suit put on them because there was a disagreement with something. it is like you do it this way or else... too many people are afraid to take a stand for what is right according o them. there is free speach in this country which people should be able to voice opinions without getting punished over what is said. i guess people don't like that part of the constitution.

No, I would say not. Most people vote based on tradition anyway. My grandmother voted democrat every year of her life, because back in the 1930s, "FDR Cared!". Then you have the same type of Republican people who always vote Republican. Then you have single issue people. People who will only vote based on that single solitary issue. Blacks who vote Democrat to support racism against whites. Whites who vote Republican to support racism against blacks. People who vote only against Abortion, and the that only vote in favor of Abortion. So no, it's not nearly as much of a shouting match as you think. In fact, the shouting is actually the result, of the above mentioned system. See if all people were completely open to all possibilities, then we could all have an open discussion regarding these issues. But since most people are hard line on a specific topic, then there really is no discussion that can be had. We can talk about it as much as you want, but you'll never change my mind on specific issues. That leaves you with the only choice of simply shouting at me. Not because that will accomplish anything, but it makes you feel better for dealing with me. Sadly, that's how most politics now work.