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Originally Posted by Kadath
I still don't have an answer to my question. ASU2003 went with the standard (albeit humorous) "They'll fight about anything!" answer, and Ustwo blamed it on "the left." This is not something I would think would break on party lines. Are we being manipulated by the pundits and the politicians into taking sides? Is the country so polarized that you actually do have to fight with "the enemy" about anything, even if you secretly agree with them? Is this war anything but a tragedy of escalating resentment and intolerance?
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The reason no one answered is that yes we are that polarized and unless you take one side or the other, your voice in their eyes doesn't matter.
Are we being manipulated? Yes, if TPTB keep us polarized and at each other's throats we won't truly see what is going on in our own country and realize we need true changes.
Yes, we are so polarized that when one side does make sense we have to disavow them, attack them and do whatever we can to make them look foolish..... (But I'll cover that in the minimum wage thread.)
This war is exactly that an escalating out of control situation of resentment, intolerence and want for power.
As for the OP......... It all comes down to who's propaganda you choose to believe. Both sides are throwing out propaganda, neither side wants to look pure evil and as though this is what they want, just as neither side is a saint and truly willing to stop and try to find peace. These 2 sides want war and these 2 sides want world support, so they will propagandize everything.