We are in a new & dangerous political climate.

[VoteBlue2175]

Here's when I knew:

I live in a rural area of a deep red state. Shortly after our move here, I was stunned at the sight of a Confederate flag on Main Street. I emailed the mayor an objection and received no response. Shortly after, our neighbor across the street from us, put up a BIG confederate flag secured to their their front porch facing my house. It was the home of the police chief's son. I don't think that was a coincidence. Message received.

[Joinfortmill]

1. Whoa. Stay safe.

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. The divide

is damn near complete. Took the orange menace less than 6 years. Now we know the seething anger that stayed just under the surface for eons. Scary times.

[Mr.Bill]

6. But most importantly

we know they are a minority. We outnumber them greatly. That's why they are openly trying to steal elections. It's their only path to power.

[Cosmocat]

12. No we don't

They are 1/3.
We are 1/3.
The other 1/3 overwhelmingly indulges or buys into their bullshit.
They know that and that is why they have been successful in stealing elections less overtly our whole life, and with each time getting away with it being more emboldened.
Not posting this to beat you up. We are just pushing mud. Most people don't think like us, unfortunately.

[NJCher]

9. eons? Nah.

for eons.

This is such a product of social media, which is a relatively recent phenomenon.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

10. The tea party

Assholes were nuts and petulant bullies back in the day,remember the idiocy the pmrc? Censor music.. nowadays its books they dont like.

The right wing is fascism.

The net just exploded what was already there in these bully buttholes.

The republicans played the long game.

[Cosmocat]

13. Correct

It isn't our fault, though the democratic party has berm too casual about it.

But the majority of this country at the very least enables or indulges their bullshit.

I have had heartburn over it since the 80s. It's been like a slow motion train wreck.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Angry riled up by right wing media and normalized/unleashed by.trump

All the time the responses to Twitter stories are shit like "kill all the commie leftists". It's beyond help now. J6 is just the tip of the iceberg there are millions of those mentally ill clowns out there.

[Initech]

4. The MAGAs' stochastic terrorism is turning into real terrorism.

[a kennedy]

5. Hey, VoteBlue2175 welcome, and just curious how'd ya find DU???

[VoteBlue2175]

11. Response

I followed DU regularly with Obama's 1st run for the presidency. Became less politically active for a while and have recently returned to try and connect with like-minded people again.

[CharleyDog]

7. new and not new. The assassination attempts on Gabby Giffords, and then Scalise et al

at that ballgame. It rests 99% on the GOP with all their political ads with guns
shooting "an opponent" and outright comments from gop guys for civil war and 2A "solutions."

[PXR-5]

8. Sounds like my neighborhood!

When we moved here (NC), everyone was a Democrat, then Obama became the candidate and they all switched parties!!!!

Sheriff flys a confederate flag here. The next county over, the Sheriff's Department has a confederate flag flying out front.

But the good news is after 22 years, we are moving back to NJ