Poll: 6 in 10 Americans too scared to share political views

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(11-01-2017, 09:41 PM)Nately120 Wrote: It's unfortunate and just wrong that adults should get upset by being called names.  Maybe we really have just become a society of giant wimps.

...or a society that is more comfortable in insulting each other because it does not have to be done in person.

I really cannot think of a time that adults were not upset about being called names. I do remember a time of greater civility. 

I agree we have become a giant society of wimps, but it most likely describes the person that is emboldened enough to call someone a name behind the safety of their keyboard.  I doubt many that have called me bigot, homophone, racist, ect... in this forum would do the same if we were to have a face to face discussion and it is not because I consider myself intimidating; it's just that courage would be harder to muster