Is the US more divided than anytime in the last 100 years ?

[yidnar]

It appears that there is no middle ground when it comes to the political division in the US .. in my opinion said division is as sharp and contentious as what the country went through in the late 60s and early 70s .. the question I am asking is if the political divide is even more stark than what we saw 60 yrs ago ? is it worse ? if it is worse ,why is it worse ? can the right and left find any middle ground ,or will it get worse ?




AI Overview



Political division in the U.S. is at its highest point in roughly 50 years, defined by deep ideological gaps and intense partisan animosity that began accelerating in the 1970s and 80s. Studies suggest polarization has increased by 64% since 1988, with significant acceleration post-2008, with 80% of adults now seeing the nation as divided.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

It appears that there is no middle ground when it comes to the political division in the US .. in my opinion said division is as sharp and continuous as what the country went through in the late 60s and early 70s .. the question I am asking is if the political divide is even more stark than what we saw 60 yrs ago ? is it worse ? if it is worse ,why is it worse ? can the right and left find any middle ground ,or will it get worse ?




AI Overview



Political division in the U.S. is at its highest point in roughly 50 years, defined by deep ideological gaps and intense partisan animosity that began accelerating in the 1970s and 80s. Studies suggest polarization has increased by 64% since 1988, with significant acceleration post-2008, with 80% of adults now seeing the nation as divided.

The Far Left is in control of academia, the News and entertainment.
There is daily deluge of left wing hate being dumped on Americans.
They are using radical division as their tool for power.
They are using DEI in the public school to indoctrinate generations of people in left wing hate and racism.

 

[Chuz Life]

Frankly, I don't see the division as a bad thing.

Not that I enjoy division, but division in many cases leads to clarity and it opens to chance for the truth and most reasonable thinking to rise to the top.

 

[Moonglow]

There was a lot of rebellion and revolutionaries fifty to sixty years ago. I loved watching it on the news.

 

[Moonglow]

You think its bad now, you should have seen it in 1860

 

[yidnar]

You think its bad now, you should have seen it in 1860

there's no doubt is was more divided back then .. but it seems like political violence is increasing ..

 

[Moonglow]

there's no doubt is was more divided back then .. but it seems like political violence is increasing ..

Those who march in protest are not beaten like they used to be, nor are the dogs released.

 

[yidnar]

Those who march in protest are not beaten like they used to be, nor are the dogs released.

do you believe we are on they way to such violence happening across the nation ?

 

[Moonglow]

do you believe we are on they way to such violence happening across the nation ?

If the election is screwed with, yes.

 

[Samofvt]

A better question is: What causes the division?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The Far Left is in control of academia, the News and entertainment.
There is daily deluge of left wing hate being dumped on Americans.
They are using radical division as their tool for power.
They are using DEI in the public school to indoctrinate generations of people in left wing hate and racism.

DEI only exists in blue cities and blue states.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

You think its bad now, you should have seen it in 1860

Funny, you don't look that old!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

If the election is screwed with, yes.

Better tell your Democrat friends not to do that!

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

The Far Left is in control of academia, the News and entertainment.
There is daily deluge of left wing hate being dumped on Americans.
They are using radical division as their tool for power.
They are using DEI in the public school to indoctrinate generations of people in left wing hate and racism.

It is not one political party sewing the division.

 

[jackflash]

The Far Left is in control of academia, the News and entertainment.
There is daily deluge of left wing hate being dumped on Americans.
They are using radical division as their tool for power.
They are using DEI in the public school to indoctrinate generations of people in left wing hate and racism.

Yes indeed, divide = conquer(ask General Custer about it!). The statist lefties are desperate for their "One World Without Borders" nightmare to appear before their eyes, BEFORE the Pubs touch off the Leftites in the midterm elections.

Below; it's a bad time for the statist left @ current & getting worse by the day!

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/congressional_democrats_job_approval-6194.html

 

[candycorn]

It appears that there is no middle ground when it comes to the political division in the US .. in my opinion said division is as sharp and contentious as what the country went through in the late 60s and early 70s .. the question I am asking is if the political divide is even more stark than what we saw 60 yrs ago ? is it worse ? if it is worse ,why is it worse ? can the right and left find any middle ground ,or will it get worse ?




AI Overview



Political division in the U.S. is at its highest point in roughly 50 years, defined by deep ideological gaps and intense partisan animosity that began accelerating in the 1970s and 80s. Studies suggest polarization has increased by 64% since 1988, with significant acceleration post-2008, with 80% of adults now seeing the nation as divided.

You guys have doubled down on pure lunacy and insist that you’re correct. Hard for the learned to find common ground with people like you.

 

[yidnar]

You guys have doubled down on pure lunacy and insist that you’re correct. Hard for the learned to find common ground with people like you.

heres an example of a smug leftist that cant be reasoned with ..

 

[Yarddog]

Those who march in protest are not beaten like they used to be, nor are the dogs released.

protestors can do just about whatever they want now, yes, unless they begin to get in someones face or burn things.. but they can say whatever they want, wherever they want.
unless.... your a conservative speaker trying to speak on a campus.. you get things thrown at you , or shouted down so you cant speak, or you can get shot. So what does that say about the tolerance level?

but then again I was not around in the 60s to see anything.

 

[Chuz Life]

A better question is: What causes the division?

Really?

A clear and objective look at any of the many lines of division should reveal what the causes of the divisions are.

It is, for me, anyway.

 

[22lcidw]

There was a lot of rebellion and revolutionaries fifty to sixty years ago. I loved watching it on the news.

Much of this is manufactured. You cannot artificially force massive changes on the nation destroying the nuclear family and expect it to stay relevant. We are in decline. We must veer to the right somewhat and the Progs must get efficient on stealing, graft and corruption. They are refusing to do so or slow at it. I look at your destruction of your cities as a positive for red areas. The Democratic saying "Never let a crisis go to waste" works for Republicans on this. Your agendas have crossed the Mendoza line helping to cause the decline of our country.