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

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(11-01-2017, 09:55 PM)bfine32 Wrote: ...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 

Does it take courage to insult someone?  I never considered the people who insulted me during my 30+ years on this earth to be particularly courageous.  Back in the low-tech days people didn't insult people from the safety of the internet so much as they insulted people from behind the safety of their gang/comrades/toadies, etc. Doesn't our president insult people from behind a shield of incalculable wealth?

I realize that I'm different from most because I just shrug when people insulted me and it never really got to me.  Hell, I've had people insult me and then get mad when I didn't get upset.  Who cares?  I guess most people care.  I honestly can't think of a single thing someone could say to me, especially a stranger, that could actually upset me.  In all honesty, I may have some form of Aspergers or something, though.