> The rhetoric each side adopts precludes/ignores the other side's arguments, and thus there is no communication. This is the general case on most topics. Acc

> The rhetoric each side adopts precludes/ignores the other side's arguments, and thus there is no communication. This is the general case on most topics. Accepting the other side's framing is tantamount to "losing the argument" to most people. Often that framing defines the other side as essentially evil and thus not worth listening to or reasoning with. There are precious few places where actual debates where primary arguments are understood and rebutted by mutually respecting parties.