Politics - Struggling to stay on topic

Why do people struggle to stay on topic? I often see discussions about Harris where people immediately bring up Trump, even though the original question doesn’t mention him at all.

The same thing happens to the other side—someone says something about Trump, and suddenly Harris gets dragged into the conversation, even when she has nothing to do with the actual question.

It feels like more and more people are dodging the actual point, behaving like politicians instead of addressing the question or statement at hand. Many of y'all would benefit from going back to the basics, relearning how to respond directly and thoughtfully to the subject at hand. a lot of people are so freaking obsessed with this crap your loosing your ways of being open minded and critically thinking about things. Try staying on point. ✌

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TinyViolins · 31-35, M

There are many ways to resolve a conflict, and not all of them are good ones. At some point, someone learned that one way to end an argument was to avoid, deflect, dismiss, or attack.

It's unfortunate, but without consequences, people tend to continue engaging in bad habits. If someone consistently wants to argue in bad faith, the only option is to block or ignore them. They're not seeking to cooperate or learn

justanothername · 51-55, M

@TinyViolins Normally you resolve a conflict by presenting a compromise that both parties can agree on, not by blocking them. Of course it helps when both parties are opening to listening to each other.
The problem occurs when one party incessantly talks over the other party and refuses to acknowledge their point of view and then later on they go online to whinge and complain and throw as much shit at the other person as possible to make them look bad in order to shift the blame.