Remember the good ol' days? When the election would roll around, you would cast your vote and then get on with your life? Republican or Democrat, sometimes you would win and sometimes your party would lose. Now? Identity politics have become our identity! We choose our jobs, friends, brands, media outlets, even what family members we want to spend time with all based on political affiliations. Political Scientist Dr. Bob Stein of Rice told KTRH that this is nothing new, or something that started with Donald Trump. But it sure feels that way! Stein says what has changed? "What we've seen is a steady movement not towards what we like, but what we don't like. People have come to hate the other party more than they like their own party." And even worse, Stein says "people with strong dislikes of the other party prefer not to be associated with those people, and down the line we've seen the cultural wars become overcome by the political wars." A war that has seen big tech censorship and cancel culture become the norm. And as for the old adage 'agree to disagree'? Not possible in 2021.
That leads to today's poll question.