While, I agree, And for the record, this isn't an agree, disagree thing. Political division while marketed as a modern complex issue has been around literally since established government, What makes it so unbearable in today's society is the internet and continued media campaigns that never lax. The media has become bias and they all project their unique propaganda, in short, What makes this division so bad is, instead of people just being angry about conflicting opinion, Media outlets, and news sources literally and savagely attack one another ceaselessly escalating tensions.The left wing, communist, snowflake, US hating people that live here.
Up until now, I always lived by & thought it was; you vote for who you want (or choose not to vote) & if that person doesn't make it, you say to yourself "Oh well. I'm sure the person that did win will have some good attributes or ideas & I get to vote again in 4 years." Like when I was in the Navy and we went from Bush to Clinton. I'd say 90% of the people in my squadron were in shock that Clinton won and didn't like it. But guess what? They all showed up for work the next day & performed and really - you didn't hear much about it. You'd hear a harmless joke here or there but that was about it. But fast forward to 2019.....now if your candidate didn't get elected, you get to do things like block traffic, pull people out of cars & punch them in the face, advocate violence, steal their property & destroy it (MAGA hats), stand together holding hands and screaming at the sky, having riots, the creation of safe spaces & automatically being labeled a racist because of who you voted for - no if's and's or but's. And what is happening in the media is unprecedented. I've never seen the media rip apart someone no matter what they say or do or rip them apart for ridiculous things like their choice of dress, the color of their hair, their kids hair etc. I've never seen politicians hate someone so much that no matter what the idea or suggestion is - they do the opposite just to go against POTUS because they can't stand him.While, I agree, And for the record, this isn't an agree, disagree thing. Political division while marketed as a modern complex issue has been around literally since established government, What makes it so unbearable in today's society is the internet and continued media campaigns that never lax. The media has become bias and they all project their unique propaganda, in short, What makes this division so bad is, instead of people just being angry about conflicting opinion, Media outlets, and news sources literally and savagely attack one another ceaselessly escalating tensions.
These are just my personal thoughts, But in my opinion, You know what is really wrong with the world today? People need confirmation from the media to make any decision, Are we in a war? Well no, Not until the news says we are.
The problem is, This isn't just a political divide anymore, This is a publicized politicized Media "war" And they are trying to drag people into the conflict, A divide is a civil thing. A Divide is a disagreement, this is not a divide, This is a politicized, biased media war, And the media simply won't own up to it.
I think it's the media environment, Something has changed the standard has changed, While on social media, You or I can say the wrong thing and we will be crucified for this. as far as the government goes, What they say and how they are able to say it has changed, I'm not taking political sides on any level here, But a leader of a nation can now say things like,Up until now, I always lived by & thought it was; you vote for who you want (or choose not to vote) & if that person doesn't make it, you say to yourself "Oh well. I'm sure the person that did win will have some good attributes or ideas & I get to vote again in 4 years." Like when I was in the Navy and we went from Bush to Clinton. I'd say 90% of the people in my squadron were in shock that Clinton won and didn't like it. But guess what? They all showed up for work the next day & performed and really - you didn't hear much about it. You'd hear a harmless joke here or there but that was about it. But fast forward to 2019.....now if your candidate didn't get elected, you get to do things like block traffic, pull people out of cars & punch them in the face, advocate violence, steal their property & destroy it (MAGA hats), stand together holding hands and screaming at the sky, having riots, the creation of safe spaces & automatically being labeled a racist because of who you voted for - no if's and's or but's. And what is happening in the media is unprecedented. I've never seen the media rip apart someone no matter what they say or do or rip them apart for ridiculous things like their choice of dress, the color of their hair, their kids hair etc. I've never seen politicians hate someone so much that no matter what the idea or suggestion is - they do the opposite just to go against POTUS because they can't stand him.
So much for what I said earlier with the way we used to think "Oh well, I didn't vote for the guy but he's still my president. I'm sure I'll agree with some of his policies here and there - and worst case scenario, I get to vote again in 4 years and can vote for the guy running against him." and lastly; Could you imagine the media backlash and disgusting labeling that would ensue if Paul Ryan dared not allow Obama to give the State of the Union from Congress?
I think it's the media environment, Something has changed the standard has changed, While on social media, You or I can say the wrong thing and we will be crucified for this. as far as the government goes, What they say and how they are able to say it has changed, I'm not taking political sides on any level here, But a leader of a nation can now say things like,
This other country is a shit hole, Or this person who is speaking down about my policy is a "Low IQ person" These kinds of things have brought down the standard of how an elected official should act congressionally, I view it as akin to when at school we would have a substitute teacher and this sub was so fun and wild and it got everyone riled up, but when the Teacher comes back, the entire class is out of order and she doesn't like how things were run in her stead.
I'm not saying anything bad about Trump, In fact, I may have voted for the guy, But I'm not political, Not anymore. I just want everyone to realize we aren't just one nation, Here we are even at AE other nations harmonizing together.
So to me politics mean very little,
All Im saying is, I squarely do put the blame for the childishness in how politicans are acting on Trumps example. He could be more professional in his mannor.
Is all I'm saying.