My take on this goes to two issues. First political correctness has been so ingrained into our thinking that too may of us have forgotten how to have a civil discussion because the immediate reaction to a word or the content of a statement is immediately taken as an affront. Think about how many people you are comfortble with kidding or teaseing anymore. I can think of two my wife and my brother other than that I hold back because experience has taught me that too many people over-react.
Secondly, this country is so decisively divided; especially politically that just being in the opposite political party is enough to set a person off. Just watch the news from the standpoint of what I just said and I promise you that you will see examples of this story after story.
That old live and let live philosophy simply is dying out...and it is a heartbreaker
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