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If he had started bombing again, they’d complain. He’s trying to be amenable and avoid bombing (cause in another breath they are all worried about civilians and infrastructure except when the damage and death is from Iran itself) they complain. So …can’t take anyone seriously who can’t be consistent in their for/against stance on ANYTHING.

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We’re Not Just Disagreeing Anymore—We’re Destroying Each Other Over Politics Op-ed by Donna O’Meara Something has seriously changed in this country—and you can feel it. There have always been debates when politics are involved. Now it’s deeply personal.
Uncomfortably emotional.
And more often than people want to admit, it has become hostile and violent. You’ve probably seen it up close. Friendships ending over one conversation.
Family members walking on eggshells—or not speaking at all.
People getting publicly shamed, blocked, or unfairly criticized just for saying what they think. This isn’t rare anymore. It’s become the new normal. And no—it’s not just “people being more passionate.”
There’s something deeper and darker going on. Americans don’t just disagree anymore—they don’t even think the other side lives in reality. According to the Pew Research Center, large majorities of both Republicans and Democrats now say people on the other side can’t even agree on basic facts. That’s not a political gap—that’s a reality gap. And once you lose a shared sense of reality, disagreement stops being a debate.
It starts feeling like you’re dealing with someone who is either ignorant, irrational, out to get you or dangerous. Not smarter arguments. Not better reasoning. More hostility. More attacks. More need to “win.” That’s when things escalate. Add personality into the mix and it’s like pouring gasoline onto a fire. Research in psychology—including studies published in journals like Current Psychology and Political Behavior—has found that traits like entitlement, low empathy, and hypersensitivity to criticism (all tied to narcissism) are strongly linked to more aggressive political behavior. Recent studies—and large-scale surveys like the American Family Survey—have uncovered some striking patterns. Certain left-leaning groups, particularly younger folks who spend more time online, report higher levels of emotional distress tied to politics, and a greater willingness to cut people off, shame them, or justify aggressive tactics in the name of being “right.” That doesn’t mean everyone on the left behaves this way.
But it does mean the pattern is showing up enough in the data that it can’t just be ignored. Social media is also a powerful accelerant for political division. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that simply exposing people to opposing political views online often increased polarization, rather than reducing it. Think about that. The thing we were told would make us more informed and open-minded… is, in many cases, doing the exact opposite. And it makes sense when you look at how these social media platforms engage viewers. Outrage spreads faster than nuance.
Anger gets rewarded.
Humiliation goes viral. So people adapt. They get sharper. Meaner. More melodramatic and exhibitionistic, because that’s what gets likes, followers and attention. Roll all of this together and it creates a perfect storm: Disagreement feels like a threat.
Threat triggers emotion.
Emotion turns into attack. And suddenly, we’re not arguing intellectual ideas—we’re viciously going after each other. That shift in how we interact is doing real harm. People are exhausted. According to Pew, a majority of Americans now say politics leaves them feeling drained. Not engaged. Not informed. Drained. Relationships are failing. More people are cutting ties with friends and loved ones over politics. “Honest conversations” are being avoided. One person attacks another publicly—without even allowing a response. People are ghosting each other just to keep the peace. And in the worst cases, people are facing outright hostility from those they used to trust. If you have been a victim of this aggressive behavior it can leave lasting emotional scars and damage, and you are not alone. It makes you not speak up.
It makes you question relationships.
And over time, victims have reported feeling isolated, lost, hurt and guilty. So let’s be clear about something that doesn’t get said enough: If someone attacks you personally because of your political views—that says more about them than it does about you. If you’ve been on the receiving end of hateful attacks, bullying, or bashing remember you are not responsible for managing, fixing or controlling other people’s emotional actions or reactions to your core beliefs. Let go and allow others to 100% experience their own anger, discomfort, disbelief or anxiety. It has nothing to do with you. You’re responsible for how you respond. That’s it. And sometimes the smartest response is no response at all. Set boundaries.
Step away from toxic conversations.
Stop trying to “win” arguments with people who aren’t interested in understanding you. That’s not weakness. That’s control. But there’s also a line you don’t want to cross. Because the same system that’s pushing some people into outrage… will pull you in too if you let it. It’s easy to start seeing the “other side” as crazy, lost, or beyond reason. And sometimes—based on behavior—you might feel justified. But the second you stop seeing people as people, you’re playing the same game that’s breaking everything in the first place. Here’s the bottom line: Disagreement is normal.
A free society depends on it. But turning disagreement into personal destruction?
That’s a choice. And right now, too many people are making the wrong choice. ~

@PourPup @nicksortor At least he’s actually signing his and knows what they are… And let’s wait and see just how much enriched uranium Iran has been sitting on…when they are supposed to have ceased ALL efforts for a nuke.

@nicksortor President Trump creates illegitimate “emergencies” such as tbis stupid war nobody wanted, and then signs executive orders. Fucking clown 🤡

BREAKING: President Trump has just signed an executive order invoking the DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT, following increasing energy prices The order surges federal resources to the production of: - Petroleum - Liquefied natural gas - Coal - Power grid infrastructure

@Nicksortor -81 yr old Army Vet grandpa here. President Trump just invoked the Defense Production Act to surge petroleum, LNG, coal, and power grid production against rising energy prices. Finally ditching the radical green nonsense that’s been hammering family budgets at the pump. Time to secure American energy dominance once and for all. #EnergyDominance #AmericaFirst #TrumpDelivers #MAGA #SecureOurEnergy 🇺🇸

Welcome to a $19.8 million Adult Daycare in California - No adults - No info how to enroll my “grandma” - Phone number to nowhere - New BMW parked outside Prime example of fraud, waste and abuse END THE FRAUD.

@Mappy6984 Players need to start refusing to play if he’s going to continue with these pathetic dramatics. Give the man an Oscar already.

He just can't not be a bitch

@TylerRatcliff17 @heyitsmeCarolyn Are you kidding me?!

MJ was never a bitch like this, what a 🤡🤡

We see Barack Obama Trending with Mamdani, Here is the Obama’s thanking Harvey Weinstein! Don’t share this This will make Barack and Michelle Obama Really Upset! 🤣

100 days ago in Iran. 40,000 Iranian protesters were massacred by the Islamic regime simply for protesting for freedom. Please share this. Raise awareness. Make it go viral.

@themagaking @bk2sq1 Jeb’s reaction is what has me stuck on this. The look on his face and how he then looks at Laura…that’s not nothing, IMO.

So what was in that envelope at George H.W. Bush’s funeral? Hillary Clinton read it twice like she couldn’t believe it. Jeb Bush looked horrified. The Obamas. The Clintons. The Pences. The Bidens. Everyone got one. Except Donald Trump. No one ever explained it.

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Yeah, I used to get excited seeing “news” like this. But now, since nobody of any consequence cares or cares to do anything (I guess some folks ARE above the law, always have been) and the “follow me the next drop will be shocking” has gotten so old, so overused to present the cold nothing burger with wilted lettuce and poorly placed cheese melting down the side of the bun… Turns out that yep, hope really can die. 🫤 Fewer care now that ever before because as long as folks can be monetized, they’ll say anything. Just like Lamestream media.

🚨BREAKING: MADURO IMPLICATES OBAMA IN ELECTION RIGGING, DRUG TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION - Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has reportedly told federal authorities that DISGRACED former President Barack Obama SOLICITED HIM and engaged in a QUID PRO QUO for Maduro to provide The United States with Dominion and Smartmatic voting machines and software BY THE MASSES to RIG American elections in favor of Democrats in exchange for Obama and his administration allowing Maduro to stay in power and actually using the full weight of The US government to assist the dictator in doing so. Obama and his notoriously corrupt administration were also said to be ON THE RECEIVING END of TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND LUXURIOUS PERSONAL GIFTS from the Maduro regime in exchange for enabling Maduro's narcoterrorist THUGS to traffic deadly drugs into our country to poison our citizens. This is just the latest EXPOSED EVIL DOING of Barack Hussein Obama... This man is the worst thing that ever happened to this country. He is an AVOWED COMMUNIST as well... No wonder he admires Maduro so much! FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING.

LIBERALS: "If we ban all guns and it saves a single life then it's worth it" OK... ME: "If we deport all illegals and it saves a single life then it's worth it"

So, let me get this straight—if we get nuked, it will be by missiles with the technology given to China by Clinton. It will be funded by Iran with money given to them by Obama. The warheads they developed with uranium were sold to Russia by Hillary. ... but through all of this, Trump is the traitor. Ok, got it. Makes sense to me!

@RealDonKeith So much for “the right to life” of the Catholics, eh? This is a DISGRACE; when people show you who they are, believe them. I wonder how many little boys he entertained with his “sense of humor.”

🚨A disgusting Catholic priest prays for President Trump to die and the congregation laughs out loud. “Pray the Lord will take him.” How very Christian of them all.

This was New York City on July 4, 1976 for the 200th anniversary of the United States and now New Yorkers can't even celebrate the 250th anniversary because they voted for the ideology that took down the towers to the left!

🚨Steve Hilton drops a bombshell on Fox News: California Dems stole a staggering $434 BILLION from taxpayers in just 5 years — bigger than every other state combined. Young Nick Shirley is crushing their slush funds left and right.

Dr Oz confirms that after stopping payments to 450 hospices in California, still NOT ONE has called and asked to have their payments reinstated 450 hospices out of 450 hospices in California were fraud He says collectively they stole $750 million in just on year

Cash for Clunkers destroyed 690,000 functional vehicles in 2009, creating an artificial scarcity that rippled through used car markets for over a decade. The Obama administration sold this $3 billion program as environmental salvation and economic stimulus, but any free market economist could predict the real outcome: massive wealth destruction disguised as progress. The program forced dealers to pour sodium silicate into engines, permanently destroying cars that poor families could have afforded. Politicians eliminated the bottom tier of the used car market overnight. Suddenly, a reliable $3,000 Honda Civic became a $7,000 Honda Civic (if you could find one). The supposed beneficiaries — working-class Americans who needed affordable transportation — got priced out entirely. Government intervention always creates unseen victims, and Cash for Clunkers delivered them by the millions. Single mothers, college students, and minimum-wage workers watched their mobility options vanish as used car prices soared 30% between 2009 and 2014. The environmental gains proved negligible too: most clunkers averaged 15-17 MPG while replacements hit 24-25 MPG. Destroying half a million cars to improve average fuel economy by 8 MPG represents the kind of central planning that would give Soviet bureaucrats a hard-on. The wealth destruction extended beyond sticker prices. Higher transportation costs forced people into longer payment terms, creating a debt cycle that persists today. Cash for Clunkers normalized 84-month auto loans, turning cars from depreciating assets into multi-year financial anchors. Bureaucrats congratulated themselves for moving inventory off dealer lots while condemning an entire generation to transportation poverty.