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The United States and the growing divide
#41
RE: The United States and the growing divide
(September 14, 2021 at 7:23 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(September 14, 2021 at 6:51 pm)Helios Wrote: Really more divided than when you were killing each other in mass?

When did THAT happen??

Boru
The American Civil War

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#42
RE: The United States and the growing divide
(September 14, 2021 at 7:29 pm)Helios Wrote:
(September 14, 2021 at 7:23 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: When did THAT happen??

Boru
The American Civil War

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Not sure that qualifies as ‘recent history’.

Boru
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#43
RE: The United States and the growing divide
(September 14, 2021 at 7:36 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(September 14, 2021 at 7:29 pm)Helios Wrote: The American Civil War

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Not sure that qualifies as ‘recent history’.

Boru
Depends on what you consider recent
"Change was inevitable"


Nemo sicut deus debet esse!

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 “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM


      
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#44
RE: The United States and the growing divide
(September 14, 2021 at 3:48 pm)Helios Wrote: I'm sorry when has the US ever not been divided?

September 12, 2001.
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#45
RE: The United States and the growing divide
(September 14, 2021 at 8:05 pm)Jackalope Wrote:
(September 14, 2021 at 3:48 pm)Helios Wrote: I'm sorry when has the US ever not been divided?

September 12, 2001.
Not even then. Because not a day had passed and the bickering over whose fault 911 was started.
"Change was inevitable"


Nemo sicut deus debet esse!

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 “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM


      
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#46
RE: The United States and the growing divide
(September 14, 2021 at 6:47 pm)Mermaid Wrote:
(September 14, 2021 at 3:48 pm)Helios Wrote: I'm sorry when has the US ever not been divided?

The divide is far more severe now than it's been in at least recent history. 

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2...larization

We are pretty seriously divided right now, the worst in my adult lifetime.  It is important to consider historical context, though.  I wasn't born until the civil rights era was over and was too young to experience the rebellion of the 60's but those were extremely divided times.  Some of the same dividing lines still exist, which is the saddest part.  I'm sure some people believed we were about to implode in 1969 as well, but then something happened and we had 30 years of relative calm.  I would like for that to happen again, but I also want to see these issues resolved and not just swept under the rug for another generation to deal with.
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#47
RE: The United States and the growing divide
(September 14, 2021 at 8:12 pm)Spongebob Wrote:
(September 14, 2021 at 6:47 pm)Mermaid Wrote: The divide is far more severe now than it's been in at least recent history. 

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2...larization

We are pretty seriously divided right now, the worst in my adult lifetime.  It is important to consider historical context, though.  I wasn't born until the civil rights era was over and was too young to experience the rebellion of the 60's but those were extremely divided times.  Some of the same dividing lines still exist, which is the saddest part.  I'm sure some people believed we were about to implode in 1969 as well, but then something happened and we had 30 years of relative calm.  I would like for that to happen again, but I also want to see these issues resolved and not just swept under the rug for another generation to deal with.
Nah.......America has been very much united for the last 50 years or so, and is becoming more united all the time.
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#48
RE: The United States and the growing divide
(September 14, 2021 at 8:10 pm)Helios Wrote:
(September 14, 2021 at 8:05 pm)Jackalope Wrote: September 12, 2001.
Not even then. Because not a day had passed and the bickering over whose fault 911 was started.

There was a time when GW Bush had a 84% approval rating, IIRC. We were surprisingly united in our bloodlust.
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#49
RE: The United States and the growing divide
(September 14, 2021 at 7:37 pm)Helios Wrote:
(September 14, 2021 at 7:36 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Not sure that qualifies as ‘recent history’.

Boru
Depends on what you consider recent

For a country as young as the US, 160 years ago is hardly recent history.

Boru
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#50
RE: The United States and the growing divide
(September 14, 2021 at 8:28 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(September 14, 2021 at 7:37 pm)Helios Wrote: Depends on what you consider recent

For a country as young as the US, 160 years ago is hardly recent history.

Boru
It is in the grand perspective of history

(September 14, 2021 at 8:25 pm)Jackalope Wrote:
(September 14, 2021 at 8:10 pm)Helios Wrote: Not even then. Because not a day had passed and the bickering over whose fault 911 was started.

There was a time when GW Bush had a 84% approval rating, IIRC.  We were surprisingly united in our bloodlust.
Yes, Bush's approval rating was high that doesn't mean everyone got along. Only that the majority had a positive view of Bush.
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 “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM


      
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