Question from a non-American. Do you guys really hate each other?

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

There’s far more hatred from the “fly over” crowd towards the “coastal elites” than the other way around.

Riots after a Presidential election, a Republican Senator shot at a baseball game, a women slamming into another car because of a Trump bumper sticker, ANTIFA, a man's car set on fire because of a Trump bumper sticker, denied service in a restaurant because you support a President, a man harassed because of his MAGA hat, a teen harassed because of a MAGA hat.

Sorry, I don't buy into your claim, I think your partisan agenda seems to have taken over.

None of those people are dead. Your kind murders people they disagree with with automobiles. Murder trumps random violence every time.

 

[Papageorgio]

There’s far more hatred from the “fly over” crowd towards the “coastal elites” than the other way around.

Riots after a Presidential election, a Republican Senator shot at a baseball game, a women slamming into another car because of a Trump bumper sticker, ANTIFA, a man's car set on fire because of a Trump bumper sticker, denied service in a restaurant because you support a President, a man harassed because of his MAGA hat, a teen harassed because of a MAGA hat.

Sorry, I don't buy into your claim, I think your partisan agenda seems to have taken over.

None of those people are dead. Your kind murders people they disagree with with automobiles. Murder trumps random violence every time.

Yeah, the guy that shot the Senator was a bad shot, so it doesn't count? You idiots are too funny.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

There’s far more hatred from the “fly over” crowd towards the “coastal elites” than the other way around.

Riots after a Presidential election, a Republican Senator shot at a baseball game, a women slamming into another car because of a Trump bumper sticker, ANTIFA, a man's car set on fire because of a Trump bumper sticker, denied service in a restaurant because you support a President, a man harassed because of his MAGA hat, a teen harassed because of a MAGA hat.

Sorry, I don't buy into your claim, I think your partisan agenda seems to have taken over.

None of those people are dead. Your kind murders people they disagree with with automobiles. Murder trumps random violence every time.

Yeah, the guy that shot the Senator was a bad shot, so it doesn't count? You idiots are too funny.

You're funnier. Why do you support murderers?

 

[iceberg]

There’s far more hatred from the “fly over” crowd towards the “coastal elites” than the other way around.

Riots after a Presidential election, a Republican Senator shot at a baseball game, a women slamming into another car because of a Trump bumper sticker, ANTIFA, a man's car set on fire because of a Trump bumper sticker, denied service in a restaurant because you support a President, a man harassed because of his MAGA hat, a teen harassed because of a MAGA hat.

Sorry, I don't buy into your claim, I think your partisan agenda seems to have taken over.

None of those people are dead. Your kind murders people they disagree with with automobiles. Murder trumps random violence every time.

Yeah, the guy that shot the Senator was a bad shot, so it doesn't count? You idiots are too funny.

You're funnier. Why do you support murderers?

why are you an asshole?

lord i love rhetorical questions.

 

[progressive hunter]

compromise is whats destroyed this country, rule of law is what made it great,,,ie the constitution

How ironic that you would criticize compromise, and then immediately invoke the Constitution, the greatest document written and the product of compromise, collaboration and innovation.
.

a great example of people to ignore. they're here / exist only to cause disruption.

stop letting them.

so wanting the rule of law and constitution followed is now disruption???


we know how back stabbing liars hate being disrupted


progs need to go back to mother russia where you are welcome

American progs are too far left to be Russian Communists.

The MEDIA, Entertainment Industry, and Hollywood drives this perception, and is the basis for a lot of problems in the U.S. I don't believe on a PERSONAL level that we hate each other. I do believe we have a huge difference it what we want America to be. The Right wants to remain a Constitutional Republic, where Capitalism, Freedom. Liberty, and personal responsibility, and opportunity drive society. The Left wants big government to Social Engineer to correct perceived past wrongs, drive the economy, and GOVERN/Control people.

We just have a very different vision for what our country should be.

The almost entirely leftist-run media broadcasts a skewed version of reality.

First off, the media isn't "leftist-run". That's another right wing lie, and the version of reality they broadcast is what we, in the rest of the world call FACTS.

I say this as a non-American who does not consume America media, and it is the right wing media which is portraying an alternate reality to what everyone else in the world sees.

NOT SURE WHO RUNS THE MEDIA,,,BUT ITS A FOR SURE THING THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE BROADCAST PEOPLE ARE LEFTIST

thats been a proven fact for a long time

 

[whitehall]

There wasn't much criticism of Obama by anybody important on the Right including media types, actors and politicians during his first two years. Contrast that to a hollywood actress holding a facsimile of the President's bloody head for a photo op, actors threatening the President with everything from assault to arson to murder. Left wing restaurant owners actually chased innocent members of President Trump's cabinet out of the shop and down the street shouting obscenities. A democrat congresswoman called the President a "mo-fker" when she was sworn in. A supporter of democrat/socialist senator Sanders opened fire on a freaking republican baseball team while they were practicing for a charity game. Tell me again which side is hateful?

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

There’s far more hatred from the “fly over” crowd towards the “coastal elites” than the other way around.

Riots after a Presidential election, a Republican Senator shot at a baseball game, a women slamming into another car because of a Trump bumper sticker, ANTIFA, a man's car set on fire because of a Trump bumper sticker, denied service in a restaurant because you support a President, a man harassed because of his MAGA hat, a teen harassed because of a MAGA hat.

Sorry, I don't buy into your claim, I think your partisan agenda seems to have taken over.

None of those people are dead. Your kind murders people they disagree with with automobiles. Murder trumps random violence every time.

Yeah, the guy that shot the Senator was a bad shot, so it doesn't count? You idiots are too funny.

You're funnier. Why do you support murderers?

why are you an asshole?

lord i love rhetorical questions.

I suppose that is a question for the ages.

 

[Bush92]

I am not American but I do find American politics to be quite interesting in a sort of soap opera sort of way but one thing I really don't get is in America, unlike my own country (Australia) there seems to be a genuine hatred between the left and right, as in both would love to completely destroy the other and pretty much hate everything that the other side stands for.

I know my country the left wing party (Labor) and the right wing party (Liberals) are not too far away from each other politically, and while there is a lot of animosity there is not really any hatred. In America though I get the impression that the Republicans would have welcomed a recession when Obama was in charge as that way he would have been blamed, and Democrats would welcome a market crash now because he would be blamed, it seemingly not mattering that your country would be falling down a toilet, as long as the other side gets the blame for it.

Admittedly I don't know the politics of every fully Democratic nation, that would be impossible, but as far as I know America is quite unique in just how much both sides hate each other.

My question is do both sides genuinely hate each other, would each side be happy to see America burn if they could blame the other side, and if this is the case?

I also must admit that the differences between the US states is quite amazing. I go from one state in my own country to another, and basically they are the same, more or less anyway, but in America I get the feeling that New York and California are so different to Texas and Alabama that they may as well be in different countries in terms of beliefs and general ideology on almost every issue. I find it amazing that these states are in the same country as it almost feels as convoluted as the Austro-Hungarian empire, with dozens of different ethnic groups within the one country, all wanting very different things and none of them feeling that united.

So my general question is how divided is America, is it so divided that one side of politics would love to see America enter a deep depression just so the other political party could be blamed for it, and if so is that a healthy situation to be in?

Not that I am advocating for it, but with the massive differences between the red and the blue states America from an outsiders point of view seems like it is in a very unhappy marriage where both parties are staying together for the sake of the children, but end up fighting a lot in front of the children and making them cry so I wonder, if what I am saying is remotely accurate why isn't there more talk about an amicable divorce, where the blue states go their own way and the red states go another, where both sides can go the direction they want to go and seemingly not being held back by the other side.

I mean, do the people of Alabama really care that much about the people of New York, or vice-versa? Also is politics and America in general as divided as I have made out, or is America more like siblings who hate each other and will kick the crap out of each other but deep down love each other as well, even though they would never admit it?

I love my country and the Constitution...therefore I despise the Communist Party (aka Democrats)

 

[Lysistrata]

All you have to do is look at what the Left did to Roy Moore, Kavanaugh and President Trump. Nothing is sacred. Due Process does not come in to play, and a mere accusation is proof of guilt even if it is a false one.

The Left hates the Right, but The Right doesn't hate them back. We just dislike and abhor their dangerous politics and ideologies.

Please explain why the right wing protects men who go after girls, even though they are pedophiles, but is immediately outraged with anyone who goes after boys of the same age? This is what disgusts me.Get your outrage in gear! Grown men are vilified by the right wing if they go after boys and young men aged say 14 to 22 (oh! they are horrible pedophiles!), but there is no similar outrage against grown men who go after girls of the same age range. Moore was a hunting pedophile, and the right wing chose to protect him rather than reveal him. Didn't the "duck" guy advocate, on TV, going after 16-year-old girls? He did.

 

[Third Party]

Yes, the hatred is real. People in Alabama and people in New York are not just geographically different, but ethnically different having come from different countries and settling in different areas. This leads to religious differences too, which also had a violent history in this country. This brings me to a question: with all the priests who were found to be child molesters, have any gone to jail or are they just sent to a religious retreat?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Short of some idiots in metro areas.
America is a peaceful nation.
Don't use the media or sites like this as a barometer of the nation.

Bad news and conflict sells.

/Thread

 

[beautress]

I am not American but I do find American politics to be quite interesting in a sort of soap opera sort of way but one thing I really don't get is in America, unlike my own country (Australia) there seems to be a genuine hatred between the left and right, as in both would love to completely destroy the other and pretty much hate everything that the other side stands for.

I know my country the left wing party (Labor) and the right wing party (Liberals) are not too far away from each other politically, and while there is a lot of animosity there is not really any hatred. In America though I get the impression that the Republicans would have welcomed a recession when Obama was in charge as that way he would have been blamed, and Democrats would welcome a market crash now because he would be blamed, it seemingly not mattering that your country would be falling down a toilet, as long as the other side gets the blame for it.

Admittedly I don't know the politics of every fully Democratic nation, that would be impossible, but as far as I know America is quite unique in just how much both sides hate each other.

My question is do both sides genuinely hate each other, would each side be happy to see America burn if they could blame the other side, and if this is the case?

I also must admit that the differences between the US states is quite amazing. I go from one state in my own country to another, and basically they are the same, more or less anyway, but in America I get the feeling that New York and California are so different to Texas and Alabama that they may as well be in different countries in terms of beliefs and general ideology on almost every issue. I find it amazing that these states are in the same country as it almost feels as convoluted as the Austro-Hungarian empire, with dozens of different ethnic groups within the one country, all wanting very different things and none of them feeling that united.

So my general question is how divided is America, is it so divided that one side of politics would love to see America enter a deep depression just so the other political party could be blamed for it, and if so is that a healthy situation to be in?

Not that I am advocating for it, but with the massive differences between the red and the blue states America from an outsiders point of view seems like it is in a very unhappy marriage where both parties are staying together for the sake of the children, but end up fighting a lot in front of the children and making them cry so I wonder, if what I am saying is remotely accurate why isn't there more talk about an amicable divorce, where the blue states go their own way and the red states go another, where both sides can go the direction they want to go and seemingly not being held back by the other side.

I mean, do the people of Alabama really care that much about the people of New York, or vice-versa? Also is politics and America in general as divided as I have made out, or is America more like siblings who hate each other and will kick the crap out of each other but deep down love each other as well, even though they would never admit it?

Here, if you live in a far left-wing area such as a university with a one-sided viewpoint, you can look for criminal mischief on your car if you place a Bumper sticker on your car that has an elephant logo (Republican Party) affixed on the bumper. You can thank US Rep. Maxine Watters for her similar bid to her constituents to harass members of the Executive Branch by following them to restaurants and screaming inanities at them over various issues. The history/political department heads are intolerant of conservative professors and are paid to ensure only DNC supporters train America's youth to hate America, push for removal of Constitutional freedoms, and refuse to cooperate with anything the consrvatives tell them, the most deadly one is the irresponsibility of increasing the national debt to the point of no return, which means foreigners will own and direct America if it does not pay them back pretty soon.

I think America is getting a little sick of leftist lies oozing ink all over formerly truth-telling newspapers. Bigger town newspapers are losing readership and are having to go out of business because people are sick to their stomachs of reading lie after DNC lie and paying for it. They're herding the loser reporters into small town papers, and pretty soon, that will be the end of free lying press bullshit. I haven't read papers for 9 years now. I just don't need garbage and angry people spitting vitriol in so much verbiage at each other. Printed lies are like pickpockets. People just learn to not put valuables where they can be found by those clever at relieving you of your assets.

 

[sartre play]

Here in America its always some one else's fault.

 

[francoHFW]

There’s far more hatred from the “fly over” crowd towards the “coastal elites” than the other way around.

Riots after a Presidential election, a Republican Senator shot at a baseball game, a women slamming into another car because of a Trump bumper sticker, ANTIFA, a man's car set on fire because of a Trump bumper sticker, denied service in a restaurant because you support a President, a man harassed because of his MAGA hat, a teen harassed because of a MAGA hat.

Sorry, I don't buy into your claim, I think your partisan agenda seems to have taken over.

None of those people are dead. Your kind murders people they disagree with with automobiles. Murder trumps random violence every time.

Yeah, the guy that shot the Senator was a bad shot, so it doesn't count? You idiots are too funny.

And yet the only statistical spike in violence is against Jews Muslims blacks gays, since Trump started his campaign...

 

[Flash]

It is not like I hate Liberals. How can you hate the mentally deranged? I just feel sorry for them. Trump Derangement Syndrome is a serious mental illness that needs professional treatment.

Of course I have always hated Yankees. However, that is a cultural thing going back several generations in my family.

 

[francoHFW]

I am not American but I do find American politics to be quite interesting in a sort of soap opera sort of way but one thing I really don't get is in America, unlike my own country (Australia) there seems to be a genuine hatred between the left and right, as in both would love to completely destroy the other and pretty much hate everything that the other side stands for.

I know my country the left wing party (Labor) and the right wing party (Liberals) are not too far away from each other politically, and while there is a lot of animosity there is not really any hatred. In America though I get the impression that the Republicans would have welcomed a recession when Obama was in charge as that way he would have been blamed, and Democrats would welcome a market crash now because he would be blamed, it seemingly not mattering that your country would be falling down a toilet, as long as the other side gets the blame for it.

Admittedly I don't know the politics of every fully Democratic nation, that would be impossible, but as far as I know America is quite unique in just how much both sides hate each other.

My question is do both sides genuinely hate each other, would each side be happy to see America burn if they could blame the other side, and if this is the case?

I also must admit that the differences between the US states is quite amazing. I go from one state in my own country to another, and basically they are the same, more or less anyway, but in America I get the feeling that New York and California are so different to Texas and Alabama that they may as well be in different countries in terms of beliefs and general ideology on almost every issue. I find it amazing that these states are in the same country as it almost feels as convoluted as the Austro-Hungarian empire, with dozens of different ethnic groups within the one country, all wanting very different things and none of them feeling that united.

So my general question is how divided is America, is it so divided that one side of politics would love to see America enter a deep depression just so the other political party could be blamed for it, and if so is that a healthy situation to be in?

Not that I am advocating for it, but with the massive differences between the red and the blue states America from an outsiders point of view seems like it is in a very unhappy marriage where both parties are staying together for the sake of the children, but end up fighting a lot in front of the children and making them cry so I wonder, if what I am saying is remotely accurate why isn't there more talk about an amicable divorce, where the blue states go their own way and the red states go another, where both sides can go the direction they want to go and seemingly not being held back by the other side.

I mean, do the people of Alabama really care that much about the people of New York, or vice-versa? Also is politics and America in general as divided as I have made out, or is America more like siblings who hate each other and will kick the crap out of each other but deep down love each other as well, even though they would never admit it?

Here, if you live in a far left-wing area such as a university with a one-sided viewpoint, you can look for criminal mischief on your car if you place a Bumper sticker on your car that has an elephant logo (Republican Party) affixed on the bumper. You can thank US Rep. Maxine Watters for her similar bid to her constituents to harass members of the Executive Branch by following them to restaurants and screaming inanities at them over various issues. The history/political department heads are intolerant of conservative professors and are paid to ensure only DNC supporters train America's youth to hate America, push for removal of Constitutional freedoms, and refuse to cooperate with anything the consrvatives tell them, the most deadly one is the irresponsibility of increasing the national debt to the point of no return, which means foreigners will own and direct America if it does not pay them back pretty soon.

I think America is getting a little sick of leftist lies oozing ink all over formerly truth-telling newspapers. Bigger town newspapers are losing readership and are having to go out of business because people are sick to their stomachs of reading lie after DNC lie and paying for it. They're herding the loser reporters into small town papers, and pretty soon, that will be the end of free lying press bullshit. I haven't read papers for 9 years now. I just don't need garbage and angry people spitting vitriol in so much verbiage at each other. Printed lies are like pickpockets. People just learn to not put valuables where they can be found by those clever at relieving you of your assets.

Actual facts and history mean that Republicans should be never voted in, and their propaganda machine is basically non-stop lies and Hate. The supposed leftist propaganda is actually the 95% of media not owned by Rupert Murdoch. They are called journalists.

 

[Papageorgio]

There’s far more hatred from the “fly over” crowd towards the “coastal elites” than the other way around.

Riots after a Presidential election, a Republican Senator shot at a baseball game, a women slamming into another car because of a Trump bumper sticker, ANTIFA, a man's car set on fire because of a Trump bumper sticker, denied service in a restaurant because you support a President, a man harassed because of his MAGA hat, a teen harassed because of a MAGA hat.

Sorry, I don't buy into your claim, I think your partisan agenda seems to have taken over.

None of those people are dead. Your kind murders people they disagree with with automobiles. Murder trumps random violence every time.

Yeah, the guy that shot the Senator was a bad shot, so it doesn't count? You idiots are too funny.

You're funnier. Why do you support murderers?

Can't answer my question? Thanks, I wasn't expecting you to.

 

[petro]

Just log off this site and shut down my television I would never even know about this divided nation.
Everyday my interactions with my fellow Americans are rather pleasant and normal. Neighbors wave, store clerks smile, and most are just going about their day.
No screaming, violence, vandalism or general havoc.

Maybe just a couple dicks in traffic.

Those that find trouble in America are usually the ones seeking it.

 

[francoHFW]

There’s far more hatred from the “fly over” crowd towards the “coastal elites” than the other way around.

Riots after a Presidential election, a Republican Senator shot at a baseball game, a women slamming into another car because of a Trump bumper sticker, ANTIFA, a man's car set on fire because of a Trump bumper sticker, denied service in a restaurant because you support a President, a man harassed because of his MAGA hat, a teen harassed because of a MAGA hat.

Sorry, I don't buy into your claim, I think your partisan agenda seems to have taken over.

None of those people are dead. Your kind murders people they disagree with with automobiles. Murder trumps random violence every time.

Yeah, the guy that shot the Senator was a bad shot, so it doesn't count? You idiots are too funny.

No, he was insane like less than 1% of democratic voters, while 25 to 30% of Americans are brainwashed functionally insane GOP voters...

 

[whitehall]

Yes, the hatred is real. People in Alabama and people in New York are not just geographically different, but ethnically different having come from different countries and settling in different areas. This leads to religious differences too, which also had a violent history in this country. This brings me to a question: with all the priests who were found to be child molesters, have any gone to jail or are they just sent to a religious retreat?

WTF? People in Alabama and New York are ....different? Maybe the biggest problem we are facing is the sub-standard education that leads ignorant (Americans?) to believe that people in one state are different than people in another state. Claiming that the good people in Alabama are somehow different from the people in New York is example of mostly left wing ignorant bigotry and hatred. The Catholic church may have been covering for homosexual predator Priests for years but it has nothing to do with the original premise of the post. Look around for God's sake. There has never been a time in history when a political party was so filled with hatred and anger over an election as democrats are today.