Elvis said:
Tell me why your political beliefs are better than mine.
One problem... you don't know what mine are. You must not compare, bash, slander, etc other political beliefs. Keep your reply strictly about your beliefs.
In one sentence? My beliefs probably aren't
objectively better than anyone elses.
Of course I think my beliefs are the right ones because otherwise I'd have different opinions, but I can't know for sure that what I believe is any better than what you or any other person believes.
I base what I believe in on what I see happening in the world around me. For example, I believe the UK should at least attempt to give 0.7% of its GDP as international aid because I've read reports from groups such as Oxfam or the Red Cross which make me believe that money could be spent to help people who desperately need it. I believe the UK should have a national health service because I'm aware of the consequences both to individuals and society of denying people something as fundamental as medical care based on their ability to pay for it.
But I also have to recognise that someone else will look at that information and decide that the UK shouldn't give any international aid because there are still schools that don't have enough teachers and so the government should invest money in that first. Someone else will look at that and say that making people pay for healthcare is an incentive for people to work hard and afford insurance. Another person will say that the government shouldn't provide healthcare because in order to do that they have to charge taxes which are too high.
Of course I don't agree with them, but I can't usually prove that their beliefs are wrong and mine are right. In any case, I can often learn something from their arguments, even if I think the conclusion they reach is the wrong one. So all I can do is to listen to their arguments, discuss them, try to learn from them, try to explain why I have different opinions and maybe even have some fun into the bargain.
I have to admit the one time when I find it hard to accept that different political beliefs are equally valid is when I hear someone making comments that are racist, sexist or derogatory about a particular religion. I don't think there are any valid justifications for comments like those and I don't think that comments that bash people for who they are can add anything to political discussion.
And on that happy note, I'll stop rambling away and hope that I haven't bored anyone too badly.