> Most americans, particularly liberals but also non-liberals, will have a complete meltdown over a difference of opinion, even minor ones. Not only can you not be civil after that, they will actively be aggressive and seek it out, its horrible.

https://qoto.org/@freemo/105170335154969154 @freemo

I agree fully. When I was in college and university, while we were doing our studying and homework, we'd have political discussions. Americans who agreed on 98% of their views would end up near enemies. But our foreign student friends (mostly from Africa, Taiwan, Germany) would disagree intensely, then share a pizza.

I hate the fact that this attitude has infected online discourse, even beyond the US