(06-20-2025, 03:25 PM)purplefaithful Wrote: The anger, vitriol and looking at the world through an us vs them lens is tearing this country apart...From the inside/out

Plenty of blame to go around. ITs up to Washington to set a new standard.

I'm glad to see Johnson, Jeffries and others pushing a cool it down rhetoric. 

(06-20-2025, 03:51 PM)JimmyinSD Wrote: I disagree,  its up to us the voters to fix this shit.  turn off the hate filled rhetoric news shows,  quit listening to the same ol sources that are the ones fueling the fire.  and when you find a politician that continues to force agendas vote them out,  but really IMO its the culture of our country,  from colleges that instill and foster mis-information and then defend it as free speech,  to the vile from the social media talking heads... we need to expect better.    Washington isnt going to change,  they probably prefer us at each others throats as then we dont pay attention to how bad they are screwing us all.

(06-20-2025, 04:14 PM)Ipurplefaithful Wrote: I think its both Jimmy -- 

State officials can be some of the worst...Walz is an example of someone who was stumping for 28 already and calling for meaner diatribes from the Dems...Now changed his tune after seeing his friend/colleague Hortman murdered. 

Agreed on media being an accelerant for division. They are the worst - and all sides of the political spectrum. 

I force myself to stay off of solely CNN or MSNBC and I will trek over to Fox and some other conservative sites to see how the others are being influenced. Helps me understand more fully I guess. Least I think it does.

(06-22-2025, 09:02 AM)purplefaithful Wrote: .....moved