The reason for being interested in facilitating a relational approach to talking politics is to mitigate or reverse the violent consequence of polarization.
Tao of Democracy
Citizen Deliberative Councils, short-lived groups of citizens tasked with reaching consensus on a given topic, may be a way to get around partisanship.
Why haven’t more people heard of WebLab?
Created as a response to the partisan anger over the Clinton impeachment, WebLab’s Reality Check forum implemented Small Group Dialogues, which placed a few simple limitations on the interactions.