Imo the worst thing that's happened in this country is that everything, every****ingthing, that goes on is somehow turned political. It wasnt that way in the past. It is now, doesnt matter what it is but it turns political. It's ****ing awful and annoying af. Rant over

Agreed.

Harry Stone said:

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Imo the worst thing that's happened in this country is that everything, every****ingthing, that goes on is somehow turned political. It wasnt that way in the past. It is now, doesnt matter what it is but it turns political. It's ****ing awful and annoying af. Rant over

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Yeah, I hate it. I try to ignore it and just do the things I like to do. I hate that that's the way things are now. I blame social media for a large part of it.

Watching both sides slap each other is dumb and annoying. I wish everything was not political either.

Actually what is worse is that everything and everything is a scam and fraud.

It's because we're all very well off in the sense that we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, kids are ok, we're not worried the Germans are coming, etc…

We're good. So in the absence of this eminent danger, we've created our identities in our politics/beliefs. We're
Bored.

Harry Stone said:

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Imo the worst thing that's happened in this country is that everything, every****ingthing, that goes on is somehow turned political. It wasnt that way in the past. It is now, doesnt matter what it is but it turns political. It's ****ing awful and annoying af. Rant over

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Dude stop politicizing every ****ing thing.

Blame the internet

Was this moved to the Politics board from somewhere else? This seems like a strange thread for F16.

Harry Stone said:

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Imo the worst thing that's happened in this country is that everything, every****ingthing, that goes on is somehow turned political. It wasnt that way in the past. It is now, doesnt matter what it is but it turns political. It's ****ing awful and annoying af. Rant over

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agreed

Woods Ag said:

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It's because we're all very well off in the sense that we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, kids are ok, we're not worried the Germans are coming, etc…

We're good. So in the absence of this eminent danger, we've created our identities in our politics/beliefs. We're
Bored.

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Woods Ag said:

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It's because we're all very well off in the sense that we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, kids are ok, we're not worried the Germans are coming, etc…

We're good. So in the absence of this eminent danger, we've created our identities in our politics/beliefs. We're
Bored.

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I think It's the schools, they radicalized at least a couple of generations, then social media came along to spread the radicalization and it took off like wildfire and divided the country more and more.

30-40 years ago, you could talk politics with someone on the other side and have a good conversation without anyone going fully crazy. The first time I encountered a full-on crazy, for no reason, was a neighbor around 2008. After that, everything was full-on crazy. I miss talking politics.

Harry Stone said:

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Imo the worst thing that's happened in this country is that everything, every****ingthing, that goes on is somehow turned political. It wasnt that way in the past. It is now, doesnt matter what it is but it turns political. It's ****ing awful and annoying af. Rant over

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The progressives I've known have always been political, even back in the 90s.

It's just that conservatives are paying attention and pushing back on their BS.

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Woods Ag said:

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It's because we're all very well off in the sense that we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, kids are ok, we're not worried the Germans are coming, etc…

We're good. So in the absence of this eminent danger, we've created our identities in our politics/beliefs. We're
Bored.

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I think It's the schools, they radicalized at least a couple of generations, then social media came along to spread the radicalization and it took off like wildfire and divided the country more and more.

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Schools haven't done anything. It's really just social media. People can say whatever vile thing they want and don't have to look the other person in the eye. I see it from both sides and it continues this tribalistic thing where the other side is evil.

also blame the NFL

they intentionally chose the halftime performer to make it political and controversial

when it didn't have to be

Quincey P. Morris said:

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Ramdiesel said:

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It's because we're all very well off in the sense that we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, kids are ok, we're not worried the Germans are coming, etc…

We're good. So in the absence of this eminent danger, we've created our identities in our politics/beliefs. We're
Bored.

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I think It's the schools, they radicalized at least a couple of generations, then social media came along to spread the radicalization and it took off like wildfire and divided the country more and more.

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Schools haven't done anything. It's really just social media. People can say whatever vile thing they want and don't have to look the other person in the eye. I see it from both sides and it continues this tribalistic thing where the other side is evil.

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But also schools

Harry Stone said:

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Imo the worst thing that's happened in this country is that everything, every****ingthing, that goes on is somehow turned political. It wasnt that way in the past. It is now, doesnt matter what it is but it turns political. It's ****ing awful and annoying af. Rant over

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Its' distinguishable that every new leap forward is a face-slap to the past. Its' also distinguishable that every face-slap is in the past.

Here's the deal...it doesn't have to be this way. But it starts with you right now. Just resist the urge to add political nonsense into every single conversation with people. When the other person opines with their political nonsense, resist it and keep the subject only on the topic of conversation or just stop the conversation all together.

Most of you won't, of course, but that's how it's done.

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Quincey P. Morris said:

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Ramdiesel said:

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Woods Ag said:

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It's because we're all very well off in the sense that we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, kids are ok, we're not worried the Germans are coming, etc…

We're good. So in the absence of this eminent danger, we've created our identities in our politics/beliefs. We're
Bored.

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I think It's the schools, they radicalized at least a couple of generations, then social media came along to spread the radicalization and it took off like wildfire and divided the country more and more.

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Schools haven't done anything. It's really just social media. People can say whatever vile thing they want and don't have to look the other person in the eye. I see it from both sides and it continues this tribalistic thing where the other side is evil.

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But also schools

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If the schools were the biggest issue, why are those of us over a certain age also frequently divided hysterically on political lines? Social media is the biggest issue because people get on sites with people that for the most part agree with them and they think that means that they are right and anyone else that doesn't agree is an idiot, corrupt, criminal, etc.

If I had to pick a second reason, it is politicians have driven the wedge between us as a country to exploit it for their own purposes. The fact that few house districts in the country are competitive adds to the loss of the middle of America so we end up with more extreme sides being taken by both parties. I miss the days when we could tackle things in this country with bipartisan work and support like Reagan and O'Neill along with Clinton and Gingrich did.

Quincey P. Morris said:

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Ramdiesel said:

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Woods Ag said:

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It's because we're all very well off in the sense that we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, kids are ok, we're not worried the Germans are coming, etc…

We're good. So in the absence of this eminent danger, we've created our identities in our politics/beliefs. We're
Bored.

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I think It's the schools, they radicalized at least a couple of generations, then social media came along to spread the radicalization and it took off like wildfire and divided the country more and more.

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Schools haven't done anything. It's really just social media. People can say whatever vile thing they want and don't have to look the other person in the eye. I see it from both sides and it continues this tribalistic thing where the other side is evil.

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You don't see it from both sides. This isn't tribalistic.

You've shown your hand.

Harry Stone said:

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Imo the worst thing that's happened in this country is that everything, every****ingthing, that goes on is somehow turned political. It wasnt that way in the past. It is now, doesnt matter what it is but it turns political. It's ****ing awful and annoying af. Rant over

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LIbs/Dems made it that way started hardcore with George W. hth

AgPrognosticator said:

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Quincey P. Morris said:

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Ramdiesel said:

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Woods Ag said:

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It's because we're all very well off in the sense that we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, kids are ok, we're not worried the Germans are coming, etc…

We're good. So in the absence of this eminent danger, we've created our identities in our politics/beliefs. We're
Bored.

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I think It's the schools, they radicalized at least a couple of generations, then social media came along to spread the radicalization and it took off like wildfire and divided the country more and more.

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Schools haven't done anything. It's really just social media. People can say whatever vile thing they want and don't have to look the other person in the eye. I see it from both sides and it continues this tribalistic thing where the other side is evil.

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You don't see it from both sides. This isn't tribalistic.

You've shown your hand.

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I do, but believe as you will.

The main problem in this country is that the Democrats have devised a plan of using government to employ tens of thousands of liberal ideologues to dramatically shift the country into socialism.

Conservatives are vastly outnumbered and are constantly vilified by most of the MSM.

Until the DNC is exposed as the corrupt criminals that they have always been, our country is headed to a very dark future. Cheating in elections is just the tip of the iceberg. Stealing billions of taxpayer money is their primary business.

Woods Ag said:

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It's because we're all very well off in the sense that we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, kids are ok, we're not worried the Germans are coming, etc…

We're good. So in the absence of this eminent danger, we've created our identities in our politics/beliefs. We're
Bored.

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Recreational Outrage is a term I've heard multiple times

Harry Stone said:

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Imo the worst thing that's happened in this country is that everything, every****ingthing, that goes on is somehow turned political. It wasnt that way in the past. It is now, doesnt matter what it is but it turns political. It's ****ing awful and annoying af. Rant over

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FDR

Harry Stone said:

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Imo the worst thing that's happened in this country is that everything, every****ingthing, that goes on is somehow turned political. It wasnt that way in the past. It is now, doesnt matter what it is but it turns political. It's ****ing awful and annoying af. Rant over

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The real kick to the head is when you start to realize how many things in the past you thought weren't political but were, it's just the information was more controlled.

Democrats since the 1980's are the worst

The shortest path to major corruption, lawlessness and immorality ends with Democrats. They don't even hide it anymore.

Professional Sports since the 2000's gets an honorable mention. Politics has seeped into sports and the woke wake has been devastating. Then to pile on top of that, our tax dollars have been used in an arms race to build a professional sport league by using university sports complexes for student athlete. What a sweet deal that has turned out to be. $100M plus state of the art stadiums, millionaire players, PR staff, and rules so weak that no one is following them, all facility maintenance covered by the university and contracts that are not enforceable, no consequences for cheating and tampering…….just look at Lane Kiffin and LSU 2026 model. I believe the death of bowl games occur right before our eyes in 2025 as a consequence to the expanded CFB playoffs.

Then there are the Olympic sports and the continued disappointments of how that product is programmed and delivered.

lol. OP complains that all things are too political. Almost on cue, the right makes it political and blames the left.

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ccolley68 said:

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Quincey P. Morris said:

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Ramdiesel said:

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Woods Ag said:

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It's because we're all very well off in the sense that we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, kids are ok, we're not worried the Germans are coming, etc…

We're good. So in the absence of this eminent danger, we've created our identities in our politics/beliefs. We're
Bored.

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I think It's the schools, they radicalized at least a couple of generations, then social media came along to spread the radicalization and it took off like wildfire and divided the country more and more.

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Schools haven't done anything. It's really just social media. People can say whatever vile thing they want and don't have to look the other person in the eye. I see it from both sides and it continues this tribalistic thing where the other side is evil.

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But also schools

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If the schools were the biggest issue, why are those of us over a certain age also frequently divided hysterically on political lines? Social media is the biggest issue because people get on sites with people that for the most part agree with them and they think that means that they are right and anyone else that doesn't agree is an idiot, corrupt, criminal, etc.

If I had to pick a second reason, it is politicians have driven the wedge between us as a country to exploit it for their own purposes. The fact that few house districts in the country are competitive adds to the loss of the middle of America so we end up with more extreme sides being taken by both parties. I miss the days when we could tackle things in this country with bipartisan work and support like Reagan and O'Neill along with Clinton and Gingrich did.

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They were talking about Communist infiltration of the schools as early as the 50's. It just wasn't as widespread until maybe the late 90s. Social media likely has played a much larger role in spreading it, but I would say the teachers in schools were the ones that originally radicalized certain groups of people to begin with, and then they took what they learned from these teachers to the internet forums, social media, etc, and it's just grown from that. Then you have the people from the older generations getting on the internet wondering where some of these nutjob radicals came from, who taught them their whacky versions of American history, or whatever so they start debating them online and the division just grows and grows. Then throw in the sensationalized mainstream TV media throwing gas on the fire also...

The worst thing to happen is the intentional, reckless, purposeful shift of trajectory to third world status.

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Harry Stone said:

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Imo the worst thing that's happened in this country is that everything, every****ingthing, that goes on is somehow turned political. It wasnt that way in the past. It is now, doesnt matter what it is but it turns political. It's ****ing awful and annoying af. Rant over

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Yeah, I hate it. I try to ignore it and just do the things I like to do. I hate that that's the way things are now. I blame social media for a large part of it.

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Can't star this enough.

Insert the 'It's aliens' guy, but replace 'aliens' with media. They picked a side instead of just reporting the news fairly and balanced.