First - welcome. Glad you are enjoying the site. Nice to see it growing.

Second - you either lean left, or haven't engaged in the political/SJW discussions with them. I don't see much anymore, b/c all the leftists have blocked me for pointing out their flawed logic. This after they go arguing on tangents or casting personal attacks.

Third - dunno if people have changed, or society has changed. I would say the latter. All this "promote your own brand" and introduction of social media is what I think causes people to believe their opinion and beliefs matter, and should be told to all. It's well known that people are more rude and combative online vice in person. IMHO - I believe that instead of civility bleeding over into online discussion, online animosity is bleeding over into face to face discussions. Also, considering that at one point, being in someone's face insulting usually was rewarded with a bloody nose, but today's "toxic masculinity" and soy-boy pussyness, people don't see consequences for their actions. You're supposedly a bigger adult if you take abuse and walk away - which is B/S. Every major douche in history was defeated by good people fighting back - WWII, civil rights, Vietnam, Civil War, etc. Anyone that studies history, and digs though the lies, knows this.

It's good to have you here. Hope you have a lot of interesting conversations and find community here.
Looking in from a secular country, it's quite unbelievable and disheartening to see the state and direction America is in, especially considering it is 2019 and not the dark ages.I'm sad to hear that you're in the middle of that. Here's hoping the next generation does better and makes better decisions than our (and previous) generation(s) ever did.