The best argument for engaging with those for whom you have no common ground is that you can learn quite a bit about their perspective which is often far different than that which we assume is the impetus behind their views. We then become much better persuadors when we better understand the other side. Most Democrats upset about McConnell's burying of Merrick Garland are unaware of the anger among those on the right from the Bork->Ginsburg>Kennedy SC nomination fiasco where Kennedy then became a key vote protecting Roe v Wade. Nor do we grasp the issue of counting unauthorized citizens in the census and the impact on Congressional Districts because we are too quick to wave off "great replacement theory" such that we don't listen to the other side.
The best argument for engaging with those for whom you have no common ground is that you can learn quite a bit about their perspective which is often far different than that which we assume is the impetus behind their views. We then become much better persuadors when we better understand the other side. Most Democrats upset about McConnell's burying of Merrick Garland are unaware of the anger among those on the right from the Bork->Ginsburg>Kennedy SC nomination fiasco where Kennedy then became a key vote protecting Roe v Wade. Nor do we grasp the issue of counting unauthorized citizens in the census and the impact on Congressional Districts because we are too quick to wave off "great replacement theory" such that we don't listen to the other side.