sleeper;1817631 wrote:You could argue easily this goes both ways. I can't tell if its Trump but it seems the country is entirely divided. We are long past of the point of people discussing issues, disagreeing if necessary, and trying to understand different belief. It's all about D vs. R; R's are racist, sexist and D's are liars and evil.
It's really quite sad.
Agree. And, I am biased but IMHO conservative media was the catalyst that really drove the game up to 11. I mean for example Rush has 20 million listeners and made a career preaching that the democrat party is evil and that media outlets that are not overtly conservative are liberal propaganda. The libs/dems reacted in kind and you could see them at their worst after Bush beat Gore.
Personally really believe that the dems emphasis on minority-identity problems really makes things worse too. Rather than a broad New Deal style message or what have you it's all about turning out enough minorities and women to win. It's crazy to me. You've got to win to be able to govern but it is hard to govern when you have no real consensus supporting you beyond "enough women and minorities to the polls to win - oh and we got them there by preaching that the GOP is actively against them!"
Also doesn't help IMHO when they act like Mitt Romney is Hitler and then a truly insane and unqualified person comes along in Trump - nobody buys it when try to point out that Trump would be a disaster cus you said the same stuff about a perfectly normal and qualified candidate in Romney.