[cowboyway]

Of course, somebody's going to say that the country being divided 50-50 between left and right with left and right moving further apart means that we are more divided than we were in the 1960s and 1970s,

That's the division that I was thinking about.

The protests and riots of the 60's and 70's were mostly confined to the larger metropolitan areas and the limited TV coverage (compared to today's 24/7) focused in those areas.

But now the divide is deep, wide and, in my opinion, permanent.

but most people are far from the extremes and are pretty quiet

It's my further opinion that we're sitting on a powder keg. We've reached a level where 50% of the populace truly believe that the other 50% owe them a living and the 50% carrying the load are going to finally snap.

That's not extremism.

[central_va]

Worth repeating:

It's my further opinion that we're sitting on a powder keg. We've reached a level where 50% of the populace truly believe that the other 50% owe them a living and the 50% carrying the load are going to finally snap

It's worse than 1860, IMO. If I am wrong than I am totally out of touch. We're on the edge. The MSM will not allow any steam to leak out. Therefore we are going to explode.....