text: why do people insist on asking political questions on here? i am a republican and don't agree with the democrats views, they don't agree with mine. so what's the point? most of the people on here only ask questions to start trouble.  just because you disagree with somebody doesn't mean you have to attack them.  we should be able to have a free exchange of ideas on here.  if people would quit with the attacks and name calling, they might just realize that we share a lot of the same goals for our country, we just have different ideas on how to achieve them.  instead of belittling somebodies position, people should try and use facts and reason to convince them otherwise.  it might not work, but it's much better than just saying "liberals/conservatives are stupid."  there should be some kind of quiz about politics that people have to take to get access to this section.  maybe that would keep out the people that just want to start trouble and call names, because i'm guessing that almost all of them have no idea what they're talking about.