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Dialogue and respect is missing from modern politics

When did posting stupid memes replace intellectual debate?
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Started with the Tea Baggers but really took hold during the era of "Alternative Facts"
@JonLosAngeles66 Its a post truth age
@TheDeathOfOzymandiaz in 2007, I thought we were on the cusp of an age of Engagement. Which I hoped would breed empathy. I'm still hopeful. Hate and fear are loud and ugly. What we currently perceive the climate to be may not be the reality. But the current climate of hate and fear is dangerous none the less.
@JonLosAngeles66 It is very divisive. I think that when people start burning things down they never take into the account the cost of building them back up again.