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3. That's a big part of it.

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:41 AM

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There's a lot of research that shows the acceleration of anger began when right wing talk radio exploded in the late 80s/early90s.

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I get that there are extreme differences between the two political parties [View all] MIButterfly Yesterday OP

Hate radio, hate internet, and hate TV Blues Heron Yesterday #1

That's a big part of it. bearsfootball516 Yesterday #3

Correct - many decades of gas lighting Cosmocat Yesterday #10

This. progressoid Yesterday #11

Questions like these can always be answered by "racism," fwiw. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #4

You can add in sexism and homophobia for good measure EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #8

you can, but it's superfluous WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #12

Hatred and division proved to be an effective profit-generating tool Torchlight Yesterday #6

More perfect union dickthegrouch Yesterday #7

these people take the rapture seriously rampartd Yesterday #9

The Newt Gingrich Method helped a great deal: betsuni Yesterday #13

Pox (deliberate typo) News The Wizard Yesterday #14