Dude it would all be so much better if people stopped consuming news altogether. How can people not see the damage all this hate machine called mass media and now social media has caused to our integrity as a human race?. Nowadays everyone gets offended for anything, families torn over stupid politics, and so on. Worst thing is that this is a pattern that I’ve witnessed in the 4 countries I’ve lived so far. Fucking disgusting.

I happen to agree with you and I no longer watch the MSM, but I do end up seeing stuff that happens on Twitter.  

I don't understand it.  Also, I have to wonder if most people don't care, and just the over zealous people are featured in the media.

Its probably less awful here than it might come as. Most people probably sit somewhere in between the extremes but the bat-shit crazy people get all the attention because they show up at the rally.

That being said, shit can get pretty wacky in certain circles. I dated a girl who was super into social justice and all that. She and her friends would get worked up over the weirdest shit and I'm sure this is very upsetting to her... That kind of makes me happy. Lol

You don't need to send out a form. You can wave your phone at them and your phone will tell you where or not you should go purchase another seat. Technology sure is amazing.

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This whole story makes me sick.

I find it funny that people blame social media for the state that America is in currently, when really it's the work of what Mainstream Media has been doing to us for the past 100 years. First the newspapers and then television news networks all have continued to stir up the pot to create more conflict, all while trying to subtly support whatever group of faction they wish to see win. Social media just allowed them to do it faster and more efficiently, but the root cause is the same. 

This also stems from deeper causes as well, namely collectivist indoctrination in schools and universities that makes kids think they must follow the prescribed "tribe" they are told to follow, support, love, and not question. In many ways, our issues started when we stopped following our core ideals of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of (one's own) Happiness, and started thinking that European philosophies held better promises of utopia, of which are totally unattainable. "You, the individual, don't know best, the group does. The Race does. The State does. The Nation does. The UN does." This cycle of collective indoctrination goes on and on... And the results are seen all too keenly in America today.

As for a civil war, well... whatever happens to us will directly affect Canada as well. You are our neighbor after all!

Tagging @whatsup since this reply is rather in depth for the whole issue