Why is this being down-voted? Paul Graham wrote a very well though out article on why debating politics, even with the best intentions, is extraordinarily diff

Why is this being down-voted? Paul Graham wrote a very well though out article on why debating politics, even with the best intentions, is extraordinarily difficult. More generally, you can have a fruitful discussion about a topic only if it doesn't engage the identities of any of the participants. What makes politics and religion such minefields is that they engage so many people's identities.