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I’m really curious as to if that is true and, if so, why? Any thoughts?[/quote]
I noticed the same thing. For me, the polarization hit extreme levels just before the Iraq war in 2002. Loosely quoting GWB “either you’re with us or you’re with the terrorists.” I was against the Iraq war from day 1 and was immediately christened as ‘unpatriotic’ by my Bush-loving peers. Prior to the Iraq war, I paid very little attention to politics at the national level.
