Quote:Everything is an overreaction these days. It's like people are finding reasons to be mad at someone or something and if they can't then they make something happen to be outraged about. It takes away the importance of the things we should legitimately be upset about as a people.  

 

I agree with that.  

 

I blame the multitude of 24 hour, all over the place media we have these days.   Anger sells.   Every December, Fox News starts alleging that there's a secular "war on Christmas."   Liberals do the same thing.   It's all about money, raising money from contributors, getting viewers, getting eyeballs on the internet, getting people to listen to your radio broadcast, and you do that by making people angry, by demonizing the other side.  My parents made a small political contribution years ago, and now they get all sorts of mailings, "Look at what the Democrats/Republicans are trying to do!  We need a contribution so we can fight against this!"  

 

People make money by driving us apart.   Divide and conquer.   There seems to be very little attempt to find out what we have in common.   There's very little attempt to find political unity.   There's no money in unity.   There's money to be made in anger and polarization. 

 

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