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Have you noticed an increase in political fighting? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by Thespiralsong@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I travel a lot, and talk to a lot of different people. I've noticed that while people certainly do have differing opinions, it's not as extreme as what I see online. I'm starting to feel like all this hate and division is manufactured. Has anyone else noticed, that when you actually talk to real people things are far less divided than various media would have you believe?

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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm currently on family vacation for a week. If someone were to bring up Trump or Israel or reproductive rights, there would be arguments and probably some hurt feelings. So no one is mentioning them. It's not that none of us hold strong opinions, it's that we're not making politics the focus of every moment and every interaction when our goal is to spend some time as a family.

Just like if I were to meet a random person like you in the real world, Trump would not be my go-to casual conversation topic.

Here online, I'm generally intentionally looking for political topics.