Quotes About Polarization

Our country is full of hatred and bitterness and talk."34

People tended either to embrace Hamilton or to abhor him;

The FBI opened hundreds of investigations. Among the ironies was the fact that more than $850,000 went to five anti-vaccine groups.

Em vez de convencer as pessoas, os dados apenas polarizaram o grupo. Assim, até mesmo padrões aleatórios podem ser interpretados como evidências convincentes quando se relacionam a noções preconcebidas.

A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up after him and says 'AND I CAN MAKE IT SHITTIER!!

I don't know if you've noticed, but our two-party system is a bowl of shit looking at itself in the mirror.

There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it

We live in a highly polarized society. We need to try to understand each other in respectful ways. To that end, I believe that we should make room for both spiritual atheists and thinking believers.

A society or culture which is disposed to view the world in Manichean terms will be more vulnerable to control by propaganda.

Sports, politics, and religion are the three passions of the badly educated.

In Hitler's words, the propagandist should adopt 'a systematically one-sided attitude towards every problem that has to be dealt with'. He must never admit that he might be wrong or that people with a different point of view might be even partially right. Opponents should not be argued with; they should be attacked, shouted down, or, if they become too much of a nuisance, liquidated.

And now," said the Duke, "there's something very unpleasant on the loose. We may pretend that it isn't; we may deny it, but we know that there are more and more people who hate those whom they used not to hate. And there are even some who encourage this hate, who harbour that hate within themselves and are happy to see it flourish in the breasts of others.

I watched as social media made us more connected than ever—but also more tribal than ever—and saw political parties continue to go at each other's throats like never before. I watched as the anger and hysteria grew, stoked by politicians looking to push their followers to the polls.

We always look on the dark side, are suckers for the crisis of the day, and quickly separate into groups.

Las redes se han convertido en el medio ideal para instaurar nuevos dogmas y aplastar al oponente justo cuando más convendría escucharlo.

There are only two sides to the question, (Stephen A.) Douglas thundered in conclusion. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war, only patriots -- or traitors .

Putin has a very manichean style, you're either with me or against me.

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

the United States is founded on a set of ideas, but Americans have become so divided that they no longer agree, if they ever did, about what those ideas are, or were.

Between 1978 and 1984, pro-life Democrats and pro-choice Republicans were purged from their parties.

Democrats won't let you go to work, but they'll let you riot.

You know your god is man-made when he hates all the same people you do.

As a representative institution, the U.S. Congress embodies the temper of its time. When the nation is polarized and civic commonality dwindles, Congress reflects that image back to the American people.

Sectional conspiracy theories were eroding cross-sectional trust inside and outside of Congress, destroying any hope of a middle ground.