The prompt suggests that controversial topics discussed between those with contrasting views is useless due to very few people changing their mind when questioned about their beliefs. I mostly agree with the claim and will elaborate on the necessary points to defend my stance.
Firstly, political discussions about controversial topics like abortion can be unproductive in changing the opposing side's mind. People tend to feel very strongly about topics like this and are highly unlikely to change their beliefs. For example, people arguing for abortion are in favor of women having a choice to end their pregnancy. People arguing against abortion are talking about how it is a human rights issue. Facts have been presented on both sides of the argument and status quo has not been reached on this issue yet. Most people's minds have not been changed on the topic even after it went to the supreme court.
Secondly, aside from abortion, another controversial issue spoken between those with contrasting views that is unlikely to change anyone's mind is solutions to climate change. There is no doubt that the climate has changed over the years; however, due to the failures with 'global warming', people on the opposing side remain skeptical to its validity. Further, the proposed solution 'the green new deal' has been highly controversial and many opposed this proposal. Also, those opposing the green new deal argue that it would put our country in an enormous debt that will not be able to be repaid for multiple decades.
Although, in contrast to my stance on the topic, these types of conversations can be productive if both sides have an open mind. If both sides stick to speaking about facts instead of getting personal, these types of conversations can be very helpful. However, when it comes to the controversial topics I've brought up, these can become disastrous quickly. Since people believe very strongly on either side of the argument, it is easy for personal insults to become a part of the conversation. Thus, it is better to avoid controversial topics with those with opposing views since not many people will ever change their stance on something they feel very strongly about.
Conclusively, although it is true that these conversations can be a learning experience if the topic remains on facts, these conversations can destroy relationships between people who were once close. Since these conversations are useless most of the time, they should be avoided.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 304, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: I've
...en it comes to the controversial topics Ive brought up, these can become disastrous...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, thus, for example, in contrast, no doubt, speaking about, talking about, in contrast to, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 14.8657303371 34% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 38.0 33.0505617978 115% => OK
Preposition: 62.0 58.6224719101 106% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2079.0 2235.4752809 93% => OK
No of words: 406.0 442.535393258 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.12068965517 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.48881294772 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67368020662 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 201.0 215.323595506 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.495073891626 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 639.0 704.065955056 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.0868450798 60.3974514979 60% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 109.421052632 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3684210526 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.21052631579 5.21951772744 157% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 5.13820224719 214% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.341237735822 0.243740707755 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.112770144859 0.0831039109588 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.121114996855 0.0758088955206 160% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.21615588486 0.150359130593 144% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.140303257794 0.0667264976115 210% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 14.1392134831 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.42 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.91 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 100.480337079 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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