Most Americans, no matter their political affiliation, do not believe that violence is a solution to domestic political divisions, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.
  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
    4·
    9 months ago

    I would agree we’re pretty far off the track. Remember when the biggest scandals were presidential blowies and tan suits?

    • whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      61·
      9 months ago

      How about Watergate? There have always been scandals.

      Or on another note, how about when presidential blowies were a scandal, gay people couldn’t even get married? The appeal to an idealized past is a conservative thing.

      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
        41·
        9 months ago

        I’m not saying turn back the clock, I just want politics to stop being so… I mean marjorie taylor greene exists, for fucks sake.

        Also let’s be real, Watergate is tame in 2024. Hell, PRISM wasn’t even as big as Watergate and it was 100x worse.