Goodbye democratic underground, the problem with America is not just about trump and his voters.

[Oneironaut]

72. I would say that proselytizing has become the norm in politics.

It's one of the biggest reasons things have gone sour, imo. There's a sense that anyone who disagrees is an idiot who needs to be mocked rather than debated with.

DU is still much better than any other site on the internet, though. It's really one of the only places where someone can debate others without being subjected to 12-year-old name calling, annoying memes, page-consuming trolling, and generic insults (snowflake, etc.).