John Smith wrote on Jun 29
th, 2020 at 9:47am:
there is something seriously wrong with Americans
nope.
the media are only interested in showing the extremes because thats what gathers eyeballs.
the media and especially social media drives polarisation.
oz politics is a sort of social media.
and are the left and the right coming togther on this forum or is polarisation and tribalism getting worse.
obviously its getting more extreme.
but are the 25 people on oz politics representative of mainstream australia.
surely you jest.
my farrier, fencer, neightbours,kids friends, bartender , gym owner wouldnt even know who Joe Biden was.
they stopped looking at the news long ago because they know its all sensationalised.
they watch game of thrones and play uno instead