re: #230 SanFranciscoZionist

My own experience is that a LOT of Conservatives think that Liberals are bad people. Just sayin’. And I think you’re correct that it’s a fringe phenomenon. People closer to the center see how their own ideas move left and right over time, and find points of agreement with people on the ‘other side’.

I do not doubt your experiences, SF. But, it’s been my experience that some on the left have this contempt and outright hatred of people on the right. I have no doubt it cuts both ways. Personally, I hold no malice to people on the left, I just think they are wrong. But, I can see people on my side have stepped up the vitriol lately. The left is enjoying political success right now, so they have the advantage of defense posturing. The right is out of power and acting as such. I just wish the level of hatred between the two would cool down…it is both side fostering it, and not an exclusive trait of the right.