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[Stan]

I suppose the word we’d use now is “drama”.  I missed the drama, or maybe it played out behind the scenes.  Whatever.  I’m sorry to hear this.

My comment wasn’t necessarily about politics as in left vs right, etc. but more about how people seem to be having a more difficult time simply getting along, and some seem to thrive on the creation of interpersonal “drama” (and my assumption that this was mostly a US thing). IMHO, the US political scene is just one very public facet of this. No longer can people with differing opinions on a topic tolerate one another’s company (even virtually). Both sides think the other is wrong, and not just wrong, but a bad person, and bad people need to be shunned, excommunicated, etc. Maybe this started with political views, but it has spilled over into many other areas. It’s very tiring, and I’m hoping this is just a phase that will end in the not too distant future. Why can’t we just all get along?