Why it is not possible

to talk about hot button topics online

• because we are too many

• because you won't listen

• because we want the answer

• because there is no eye contact

• because we have not agreed to this discussion

• because one person is absent

• because you don't know when to stop

• I don't know when to stop

• because there is no permission

• because you cannot answer everything

• because people are hurt and angry and frightened and
• because people are confused and ignorant and tired and jaded

• because hierarchies of agreement exist
• because someone gets the last word
• because we're a herd
• because I cannot see your eyes

• because no one asked permission