I wrote a post about the decline of civil political discourse called Othering.
Re-reading it this morning, I was saddened that what was happening seven years ago has only grown infinitely worse. I honestly can’t imagine any turn of events that will allow us to ever respectfully agree to disagree again.
I used to be a lot more political here at LTG until I realized it was pointless. The post linked above explains why.
Good post and pretty much captures my thoughts on political discourse on the internet.
The main problem I see with the slicing and dicing of the news on the internet is that eventually you only see what you believe in. With targeted ads and algorithms that update links based on what you have previously looked at, over time a person is sent further and further away from the middle.
And when your (generic your) sources continually feed you information that leans “far” left or “far” right, it makes it harder and harder to understand the other side and have a civil conversation with them.
Oh well, time to go back discussing the benefits of alcohol and size of a woman’s breasts. LOL