For the past five years or so, I prefer discussing current events with conservatives - not because I think they are closer to truth, but because they are willing to be a good sport in a conversation. This has nothing to do with political parties, which are both dumpster fires. Maybe Republicans started earlier with Tea Party and got worse, but Democrats are heading in the same direction after Occupy Wall Street. And I realize that conservatives are not super tolerant of rowdy burn cars/block highway protests. But in actual intellectual conversations, they are the champs. Sad because I though tech liberals were supposed to be brainy and open minded.