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There is something very surreal about what is going on in this country today and the “Great American Experiment” appears to be in more jeopardy now than ever before. As partisan politics continues its transformation into tribalism, it also teeters on something more sinister.
While most Americans are accustomed to the mud-slinging that is inherent with politics, there has been a gradual shift from the normal fare, that becomes fodder for consumption of the electorate, to things that are markedly distasteful and distinctly inappropriate. The days of accusations of malfeasance and other skulduggery, laced with customary insults to one’s party affiliation have given way to rabid politicization of virtually any talking point that can be broadcast to the public — no matter how unpleasant the subject matter.
Meanwhile, the American body-politic has become a place where rationalism and common sense has apparently gone to die, only to be replaced with cognitive dissonance and mindless loyalty to political party, regardless of what the situation is.