Comments by "andy99ish" (@andy99ish) on "FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth"
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@junevandermark952 Not being an American I have always admired the ability of US society to correct itself (like overcoming segregation) plus some basic civility, which by and large was kept up despite fierce political differences.
This has changed in the last two decades or so. And the impulse came from both sides of the political spectrum. H. Clinton openly despised her opponents (to be precise, half of them, which is still roughly one quarter of the population) as racists, misogynists etc. That was unfair to say the least. And it was not a slip. It was the expression of a growing progressive hostility towards anything traditional. On the other side, the fact, that a person like Trump could succeed, says a lot about the sorry state of the conservative side.
To make matters worse, media have given up the ambition of being brokers of information, but turned into openly partisan institutions.
We live in an age of marketing and as controversy sells better than moderation, controversy heats up without any basic reason. That at least is my answer to the question politico raised today in its article "We Are In a New Civil War … About What Exactly?".
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