The Importance of Not Attempting to Win Over the Uncommitted on the Topic of Social Issues

The Importance of Not Attempting to Win Over the Uncommitted on the Topic of Social IssuesWhen you enter into a discussion about the topic of social issues, you are not really discussing the whole of society. The discussion is more of an attempt to create the thought that society as a whole is set against these people who are claiming to speak on behalf of society in order to demand changes to such socially accepted viewpoints as gay marriage, abortion, etc.The reality is that most of the so-called social issues cannot be addressed by anyone, no matter how great their views are on any issue. Such issues are not settled by those who have claimed to be speaking for society in general or the whole of society in general. These types of issues are not even worthy of debate because they do not have the backing of the majority.No large numbers of people in any country will agree to change of any kind and therefore, the best you can hope for is that if you have a strong opinion on an issue, you will be the one to bring it up, thus having it heard by many. You will then be forced to defend your views from any opposing points of view. If you are arguing for a social issue where nobody agrees with you, the only other option is to be silent and hope that you will be called upon by those who do agree with you to speak your mind.In other words, you are sitting on the sidelines, watching and waiting to see if someone on the opposite side is going to make a move so as to move them over to your side. For most of the people who are already in your opinion, you are not really on their side at all, so there is no point in trying to sway them to your side. It is only those who are in your own side who would be persuaded to believe in you.So what you need to understand when you start a discussion about the topic of social issues, is that the argument you are about to initiate will not mean anything to the majority of the people. Even if you win them over, they will still be those wh o will never agree with you. You therefore need to win over the undecideds.You cannot persuade them, by bringing up issues that are too controversial, as you may lose them over to the opposition and then nobody would know where you were coming from. At this point, you must realize that whatever you can do to win over the undecideds, is going to be your victory. Otherwise, you will be sitting on the sidelines, rather than becoming a leader who sees that you are in the right and that you are part of the right side.This is because you can have a huge role in how these issues are handled well, if you are not trying to use the argument to push yourself over to the opposite side. By pushing others over, you will be on the losing side and that is not something that you want. In fact, if you try to force others to go along with you, they will find it very difficult to go along with you and it may mean that the argument will end up with you being the first one to give way and your side will lose the debate.This is why you should not attempt to win over the undecided on the topic of social issues; you will never succeed. Only those who are the leaders, in the society, will be able to do this effectively.