The Fundamental Polarization of Society

[Buffy]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

Would anyone else care to opine?

Well, its me the wacko Feminazi again, but have you noticed the polarization *within* the right wing? Just in the last week we have these two examples of the extreme right slandering their own:

Originally Posted by Ross Perot, Newsweek, Jonathon Alter Column, 1/16/2008

There's evidence, evidence, evidence, McCain was adamant about shutting down anything to do with recovering POWs.

...along with a lovely Swift-Boating of McCain by yet another shadowy "veterans group."

oh and this whopper (click this link to see the video...priceless...)

Originally Posted by Tom DeLay, currently under multiple indictments for bribery and perjury

McCain has done more to hurt the Republican party than any elected official I know of.

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all,
Buffy

[InfiniteNow]

Society gets more polarized each day. Some of it has to do with new circumstance, some of it has to do with a lack of face-to-face communication (which further leads to a greater lack of concern for the feelings of others).

What do you think causes us to continue polarizing on issues?
Why do people argue so ferociously for their positions?
Are we in a new renaissance, or are we at war with ideas, and what will happen in the end?