How do you bring social issues in casual conversations with friends?

Question

I am working on https://mooctutoring.com/ Our goal is to help "normal" people: (1) raise their knowledge on politics and social issues, and (2) develop theirs skills to raise these subjects during constructive conversations with their friends.

Our ultimate ambition to make talking about social issue as popular as talking about basketball :)

What is your experience talking about politics or social issues with friends? Is it a rich conversation with a lot of facts? Just opinions with no one bulging?

What would you suggest to deal with subjects like:"gun violence", "feminism & social justice", "individual rights and liberties" in a constructive manner when discussing with friends?

Thanks,

Chris

Accepted Answer

My website, www.nowandme.com is also related to a social cause, mental health and I find it difficult as well to bring it up among conversations and people. It's such a taboo but it is so important to talk about it. I would suggest you to do the same. There's no shame in talking about it as much as you want. Go ahead with it. Best of luck. Here's a little about my website :

www.nowandme.com is a platform which is safe, real, raw, authentic; allowing people to open up about their insecurities, failures, mental health issues. All this coupled with the option of anonymity, in a moderated fashion.

There are so many struggles and issues that people go through, which they don’t really talk about and they can’t do that on conventional social media, because on social media everybody’s just pretending to be a one-dimensional version of themselves and sometimes not even that.

So this is why we have created Now&Me- the next gen social media platform, a community that just gets it. People like you and me. No therapists, no counsellors, just real talk. These are people who may have had similar experiences, who can reassure you that it’s going to be okay, and if not now then eventually. They might advise you on what you should do to let go of what is bothering you. You can talk about anything under the sun here.