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iceytomatoes t1_j56ij1l wrote

i honestly find it hilarious that people think the US is extremely polarized

less than 0.1% of the population on either political extreme goes a little nuts and they suddenly don't think there's still 350m+ mentally stable and productive individuals existing there

its just gaslighting

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tactical_dick t1_j56vqiy wrote

Just because a small portion of people are insane doesn't mean the sides aren't incredibly polarized. That just means that they have radically different views from each other. Which our parties absolutely do. We are massively polarized right now and the most telling data point is the decrease in bi-partisan sponsored bills over the entirety of our history as a nation. We have only grown more polarized throughout our history.

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Fun_Scar_6275 t1_j56wzig wrote

Compared to the past and other countries like the Years of Lead in Italy or Colombia that has guerrillas and paramilitary groups in a state of civil war. It really is nothing.

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