The biggest problem, around the world it seems, is people place a ton of personal pride into a shared opinion to the point it becomes their identity. When this happens, any disagreement becomes an attack on their identity. This usually results in people using unrelated topics to verbally attack someone that they disagree with. This is really disappointing because when I have the opportunity to have a calm, thoughtful discussion with someone with an opposing viewpoint, we usually come to a middle ground or just have a better understanding of why their background resulted in their beliefs. One's identity shouldn't be defined by a group, but the other way around.

Hiwever, the majority of "conversations I have nowadays are just someone interrupting me to the point that it is like talking to a youtube video.