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>>david9+(OP)
Things are not healthy in the USA, and have not been for a long time. It's all about scoring points now, owning the other side, getting soundbites, etc. It's sad that it's progressed to this.

From an outsider, it really feels like there's no middle ground in American politics. You either commit yourself to the full slate of beliefs for one side, or you're the "enemy".

I hope that Americans on both side start to see that either they need to tone down the rhetoric, work together and reach across the aisle, or just take the tough step of a national divorce due to irreconcilable differences.

Part of that is to stop giving a voice to the insane rhetoric, and stop electing *waving vaguely*.

>>mmastr+3p
I don't think most people are on either extreme, but the media does make it seem that way, along with reddit/twitter/bluesky etc.

>>Tinker+qy
Dont pretend like HN is much better, judging by the sheer magnitude of Flagged comments here.

>>aydyn+QF
I do see many comments at the bottom that appear to have been deleted, but I can't see what they said, so it isn't possible to know if it was deserved.

>>Tinker+ec1
You could see them get flagged in real time lol.

A lot of people here are no better than reddit. Worse in some ways because they wrap their gravedancing in an additional layer of pseudointellectualism.