agree to disagree

I find that a lot of the hot button issues on here stir up a lot of emotions.  Understandably so.  What I don't understand is while discussing these issues some feel that it is okay to attack the person rather then discussing a topic.  For example calling someone a bitch because you may not agree with them or don't understand what someone's talking about is just disrespectful for the sake of being disrespectful.  You do not have to like someone you don't have to agree with someone but you should have enough couth to not drop yourself down to elementary play ground name calling.  We're all intelligent adults here so the childish  behavior is unnecessary.  If you feel disagree with an idea explain why you disagree don't attack someone on a personal level.  Take a second to actually try to understand where someone else may be coming from. I'm not suggesting you adapt a different viewpoint I'm saying be open to listening to someone else's feeling besides your own.  Take a moment to try and understand why a person feels the way they do or why their beliefs are the way they are. This is how we will truly be united as women, as human beings. Too often we get stuck on how it effects one person, ourselves. There's a big old giant world out there with literally over billions of people.  With Different religions, different governments, cultures and differentiating morals and ethics within those cultures and sub cultures.  Sometime you just gotta take a step back and look at the whole picture rather then just the small peices that make it up.  That doesn't take away the importance of the small pieces. It just gives us a chance to look at things differently