Reply #18: I actually think we're *more* divided than we were in the 60s [View All]

There was overt rebellion back then. Guns were actually fired back then. People actually died back then.

But having lived through it back then .... I do not recall the true hate that is as widespread as it is today. Back then the anger came out. Today it is seething and simmering. It is bottled up. I fear an explosion today that I didn't fear then. There was, indeed, some common ground back then. I see nothing but intractability today.

Back then, while we fought openly, we were also able to sit down and talk to each other, one on one. Today, even without knowing any facts, people's minds are truly fixed and set. Closed.

The RW has managed to ...... well ..... manage. They manage public opinion to reflect what they want it to be. There's no dialog. There's only shouting to pass as discourse.

Everyone speaks.

But no one listens.