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I think you might want to revisit some history there. Consider Yellow Dog Democrats and the actions of various political machines. Politics has always been a sp

I think you might want to revisit some history there. Consider Yellow Dog Democrats and the actions of various political machines. Politics has always been a sport, at least as far as being Us vs. Them. And sometimes sports become politics: see the Nika riots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots). Modern social media may exacerbate the effect, but it didn't invent it.

12xo 7y ago
Its always been tribal, but the indoctrination of the uneducated into a army of sorts, is a new phenom. The rise of talk radio and opinion based news/broadcasting has truly amplified this and created the deeply opinionated and woefully ignorant political discourse we have today.