The policital tribalism is certainly disgusting. I used to be able to talk with my democrat friends. I can't tell you how many of them I've lost simply by not deigning to vote the way they want. Several people I've been friends with over the years, and have helped in their careers, have disowned me, and have spread rumors and lies about me. They have attacked me professionally as well as personally.

Fortunately, they can't really harm me professionally. I don't get invited to speak at as many conferences anymore but I don't really want to go to those conferences anyway. The last time I went to a software conference I had to walk out on a keynote talk given by a VP of security who went on a rant about how awful republicans were.

As for the parties, I see the GOP starting to back away from Trump and reform itself into something better. At the same time I see the democrats drowning in the boiling pot of wokeness they have created. I think it will take some time for them to recover.

Meanwhile the backlash against the woke nonsense is starting to build both on the left and on the right. It turns out that there are some sane democrats after all. They were just, for a while, too afraid to speak up.

From: DerekRoss at 06/08/23 12:18:50 on wss://atlas.nostr.land

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>I was a Republican and voted Republican my entire adult life until 2016. I could no longer be associated with what the Republican party turned into. It's disgusting. So, I left it. Though, I believe most politics are that way now.