(September 2, 2019 at 1:33 pm)Atomic Monster Wrote: Perhaps it is just social media that has magnified this I'm not really sure. However, it sure seems when you observe a dialog between a Trump supporter and someone who dislikes Trump things tend to get very nasty. Not only that, but it seems Trump supporters are easily set off by anyone who does not like Trump. Usually when someone expresses their disdain for this current president the Trump supporter counters with the following: A racist statement about Obama, something about Hillary-or they point out how well the economy is doing and use it as evidence that said person does not love America.
Even I myself have experienced this first hand back in 2016. I actually lost quite a few friends because I didn't agree with them about Trump. I recall getting into arguments with friends on Facebook regarding Trump and it would turn into their friends pilling on and call me names such as snowflake, libtard and many more. Hell, even one of their friends went onto my Facebook, took an image of me and Photoshoped it into a offensive meme about me being a cuck. All I would do is argue with facts-but these people don't care about facts. This friend later unfriended me. It was like wrestling with a Pig. You both got dirty and the Pig loves it. Since then I have learned my lesson. I do not engage anyone about Politics on Facebook anymore because of this fact.
Is this normal? I'm only 26 so I haven't been around for that long. I don't even remember things being this bad before Trump came onto the Political scene. I'm very curious to hear what you guys think about this?
Both sides seem fairly touchy, though you’ll like get more of a raise out of people for wearing or showing support for trump around the country, than if you openly showed support for Democratic candidates.
And how many lectures where shot down because of speaker expressing view points counter to left wing views?
I’ll say the other difference is Trump supporters seem to more likely to be aggressive and violent, were their counterparts need safe spaces.
