(07-15-2024, 03:12 AM)LP link Wrote:[member=906]Lods[/member] is correct, it's not exclusive it does come from both sides, but the sheer volume of vitriol from one side of the debate is so extreme it seems like it is exclusive.
It probably does, but is that a view we form because of where we source our news?
I made a joke about watching Fox, CNN and MSNBC in equal measures the other day so that I could get a 'balanced view'.
It's actually true that I do switch around a bit of a morning and it's funny watching the same piece of news being treated totally differently by competing organisations.
I've seen may examples of over the top comments by Democrats that rival some of the things Trump says....and the strange thing is that's usually on the left leaning networks.
Folks who follow Trump arent just the rusted on MAGA folk as we saw last election when he got nearly half the vote.
Those people aren't all Right Wing Nut Jobs.
They are more likely, as we move to the centre of the spectrum, just middle of the road folk who slightly favour one side.
There's a great divide in that country.
Words matter and they trigger both left and right.
The further left and right the greater the trigger...and the greater the potential for extreme reactions.
The problem is that the genie is out of the bottle.
There may be a pause, but in a week or two normal hostilities will be renewed.
Already there is criticism of Biden's speech that was meant to smooth the waters this morning,