Play 334: The Emotions of Politics

CHARACTERS
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2

1
You’re not listening to me.

2
Yes I am.

1
Then how don’t you see that I’m right?

2
Quite easily apparently.

1
But how can you believe—

2
Can we just drop it ?

1
No.

2
It’s pointless.

1
No it’s not.

2
People’s political opinions aren’t tied into facts and evidence.

1
Yes they are.

2
They’ve done studies. Your politics are all in the emotional part of your brain.

1
They have?

2
Yeah.

(Beat.)

1
So?

2
So no matter what the other one says, each one of us isn’t going to change our minds because it’s all embedded in our brains, and no logic’s going to change that.

(Beat.)

1
The point of the argument isn’t just to convince people though.

2
What is the point then?

(Beat.)

1
I don’t know.

2
Neither do I.

(Pause.)

1
What do you want to talk about now?

2
No clue.

1
You can’t say we should stop talking about something, then have no back up plan.

2
I just did.

1
Bastard.

(Blackout.)