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Kind of hard to have a productive conversation when the other side (collectively) puts their fingers in their ears, holds their breath, and jumps up and down wearing a shirt that says "don't confuse me with facts....this is how I feel"A conversation that is honest and not condescending or belittling to either side. So when this article says "productive conversations about guns can thus be difficult because the anti-gun movement gives little to no weight to the values of gun ownership," that is a primary example of NOT being productive. The author could have written something like this: "Productive conversations about guns can thus be difficult because BOTH SIDES UNDERVALUE AND DEMEAN THE BELIEF SYSTEMS OF THE OPPOSING SIDE." That moves toward a more honest and open conversation then the article as it's printed.