I think its also that "we" have become addicted the emotion of outrage. On top of the human tendency to scapegoat. We can blame most of our problems on some outside group or movement. That can be Trump supporters, the woke, the Jews, the Christians, Christian Nationalists, and for bitcoiners the state and fiat.

There are rational reasons why things happen but more often than not we get over-simplified theories that make groups of us feel good about our in-group. I hear some people say things like this. They almost sound like they get it. Then they only point outward outside of their team when they say it. Its hard to see the flaws in your own team and realize we are all human and have the same weaknesses.

I really feel like a therapist to many of my friends. They get so spun up about the latest outrage. And its not just one of the teams. Its both. Its also in faith traditions where one group strawmans another. I have my opinions but this stuff gets absolutely stupid far too often. It is social media for sure and how traditional media has copied this human pattern of scape-goating.

Yep, it is. But, that's an excuse and I won't get us a pass on it. We have to learn.