Not to put too fine a point on it, but I think this is a good illustration of the news dynamic.
Everyone has their own opinion.
Everyone lives in a world where "everyone I know agrees with me on this!"
Everyone is stressed because maybe some others disagree.
And then we all fall into a pattern of engaging in almost meaningless arguments about these issues with each other. Causing even more stress.
I think what the above exchange demonstrates is that unfortunately, "politics", or whatever you want to call it, really is stressful and contentious to the point of being dangerous to society even at the local level. It's amazing how big this problem is.
Everyone has their own opinion.
Everyone lives in a world where "everyone I know agrees with me on this!"
Everyone is stressed because maybe some others disagree.
And then we all fall into a pattern of engaging in almost meaningless arguments about these issues with each other. Causing even more stress.
I think what the above exchange demonstrates is that unfortunately, "politics", or whatever you want to call it, really is stressful and contentious to the point of being dangerous to society even at the local level. It's amazing how big this problem is.