Political discussion is a treacherous minefield

lol Noooooooooo...

No, in point of fact it's well known that conservatives, even far right conservatives, are open to debate and welcome others to voice dissenting opinion without trying to shut them down, a tactic lefties are infamous for (and if you deny that you're just playing ostrich).

Just because conservatives may /disagree/ with your opinion, doesn't mean they'll try to ruin your life over it.

Lefties don't welcome dissenting opinion because they automatically take the stance that there /can be/ no dissenting opinion, that their opinion is automatically on the moral high ground, and therefore anyone who disagrees with them is a racist, homophobe, transphobe, sexist, islamophobe, (et cetera ad nauseum), and should be silenced and driven out of "forward thinking" society.

To be fair, om is pretty fair for a leftist but besides some outliers you are correct. No conservative shuts down debates. Besides saying something like AIPAC exists.

I don't deny that, but they'll still (99% of the time at least) let you speak, even if only because they want to wait for you to say something they can legitimately use against you. Lefties just assume that because you disagree with them, you're the worst person ever, not worth listening to, and use any means available to silence you, or to terrorize you into silencing yourself.

Well you're free to doubt it, doesn't make it any less true.

Yep. This preference is bi-partisan.

Anyone really.
Sort of the whole point of a persuasive argument...
no matter how shite it is.