I always try to play the empathy game. I imagine if I were someone who completely disagreed with me about something—I’ll invent an entire character with a backstory if I have to—and I try to come up with a reason that someone would feel that way that isn’t inherently hateful or full of bad intentions. I usually am able to do it. Of course there are positions that are completely hateful and it’s impossible to rationalize them no matter how hard you try. Once in a blue moon if I come from that perspective I succeed in at least getting someone to see it from my side. It’s better than screaming at your computer monitor, at least.