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Why do you think that any of this is new?
by Retra 8y ago
Why do you think that any of this is new?
- naasking 8y agoThe concepts aren't new, the fact that they're now mainstream is new. Do you think Trump would have been elected 20 years ago? Do you think comedians would actually be scared to perform on college campuses 20 years ago? The insanity was always there, but has become mainstream.
- Omnius 8y agoThese things come in waves and it happened in the early 90 late 80's also. We get ultra PC it goes to far we over correct and the start inching back to it.
- naasking 8y agoI don't know, did we actually over correct from the "ultra PC" movements of the 80s and 90s? I don't think we've seen anything like what's happened lately.
- jm__87 8y agoYou would disagree that American politics has become more polarized in the last two decades?
- Retra 8y agoWhat is the special significance of the 20-year time frame? It's not more polarized now that it was in 1860. Or 1760. Or 1960.
- jm__87 8y agoSure... but do you think it really makes sense to compare today to 1760 or 1860?
- dragonwriter 8y ago> You would disagree that American politics has become more polarized in the last two decades? Yes. American politics is not notably more polarized now than in the time immediately preceding the Clinton impeachment. (Now, had you said either 10 or 30 instead of 20, the answer would be different.)