Subj : Re: Upstate brainwashees
To   : Randall Schad
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Tue Sep 24 2024 22:42:42

>> He's taken it to a whole new level.

> I have to agree here. Asterisk.

> The shift in culture has gone to the point of allowing giant F-bomb FJB flags
> to be flown on the back of pick-up trucks, and that somehow not really being
> considered offensive.

> He's leveraging and popularizing that hate, for sure. I won't go so far as to
> say he's the source, but he's certainly been a catalyst for a surge in
> vitriol and an unwillingness to have open-minded civil discourse.

It seems to be just name calling now.

Crooked Hillary, Crooked Joe, Sleepy Joe, Meatball Ron, Birdbrain, Comrade Kamala, Laffin' Kamala, Kamabla.

It's childish, but all the rage in MAGA world.

> When I was in my 30s, I took a few courses at a local community college. On
> occasion, I (as a then hardcore Libertarian) would sit for some incredible
> discussions with a liberal sociology professor and a conservative technology
> instructor over lunch. And somehow we easily managed to maintain positive
> interpersonal relationships.

We have always had our own leanings but we could have a fact based discussion.

> Interactions like that now seem to have gone the way of the Woolly Mammoth.

I think it's fine/normal that different folks have a different view than I do and that doesn't make them an enemy but that's hard to do with the MAGA crowd.

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