Still no love lost between Democrats and Republicans.

As a foreigner it's not for to take either side, and I don't; but reading reads threads like this outside you can see Latinlaybug's point entirely.

Some respondents are civilised; but on the whole there is just so little give-and-take, analysis, compromise, highlighting mistakes or praising successes. Just insults, often larded with childish obscenities, even for being supporters of one or the other party.

Those of you who can't debate your own nation's internal politics in a civilised manner on a public forum used overseas, seem unable to see that you drag the reputation of your own country down, irrespective of which party you support.

We abroad don't take your domestic sides but we do see the bitterness, the censorship or foul-mouthed abuse of people of opposing views, the armed gangs and their conspiracy-fantasies, the cults, the open racism; and while even our own nations may have some parallels, to us they make USA look as if about to implode.

The other aspect you don't realise is that many countries despise America, the UK, Europe etc. and their ways of life. Although those anti-"West" governments are hardly likely to read this site, they do know what is going on there, and all the openly, bitter divisions and rancour play into their hands.

All multi-party democracies air their problems, differences and divisions in public; but the USA seems to depress them to a level of her own and show them to the world she still thinks herself "leading".


Have robust debates, you Americans, on whatever you think the right way to run your own country... but for our own sakes try to avoid merely swearing and insulting each other merely for differing party allegiances! You only do yourselves and your nation down.

I don't trust republicans to run this joint, I don't trust them further than I can throw them. The last time democrats gave them a bone on anything they took it and started the fucking war in iraq. Point being only fools trust the republicans further than they can throw them. All they do is lie, always, all the time. do you know how you know a republican is lying? his mouth is moving.

Girl, you are beating a dead horse. Democrats and Republicans have been at each other's throats for so long, that I am surprised they haven't gotten divorced, yet 🤣.

The left has smeared everything, TV, newspapers, magazines, race, schools, even our money. The right isn't doing any of those things, it's bonkers.

Yeah......we've let the media tell us how to think and feel and we've prescribed our opinions of each other based on wich media we choose to follow

divide and conquer... thats how you make a former big nation fall...

And these political trolls stirring the pot on here doesn't help things either 🙄. They know damn well what they are doing.