There’s no live and let live anymore is there?

It’s all so binary now. People are constantly trying to decide if you’re for or against them. And if the water is ever so slightly foggy, they assume you’re an adversary.

Vote the way I vote. Believe what I believe. Or you’re an undesirable.

Well, I’ll accept you for what you are, until you try to push me to be you.

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LordShadowfire · M

I'm pretty sure it all started in 2008, when we elected a melanin enhanced president. Suddenly, it became quite apparent that a lot more people in this country hate people based on the amount of melanin in their skin than anyone realized. And of course, the people who hate other people based on the amount of melanin in their skin were angry at being outed, so they started getting even more unpleasant, and a lot of young people who had never dealt with that level of hatred mistakenly assumed the way to deal with it was with more hatred.

Bluewood · 46-50, M

I think it’s always been there but it was kinda hidden underneath our subculture. What current politics has done is unearthed it. I think It was an inevitable point to reach in our history. We see our traditional image of America as primarily a place of Anglo Saxon control with the other ‘races’ acting in more of a supporting role historically and that is all now changing as our image of what it means to be American is evolving . That makes a lot of people feel uneasy and uncertain. Hence the wide appeal of the MAGA campaign. But what most fail to realize is that it is The Banks and Multinationals that still have ultimate control. The media plays on our insecurities and it creates headlines for them. @LordShadowfire