I actually believe that a larger issue is both sides being unable to have a conversation. I get my news and someone else gets their news and when we try to talk we find that we don't even have the same facts to start from. Imagine not being able to talk to half of your country? Your neighbors?
In America, people voluntarily subscribe to the propaganda channel because it makes them angry. shrug
People share a lot of similar ideas but I find I have to switch out words depending on whether I’m talking to someone with left leaning or right leaning tendencies.
What makes it worse is they’ve spent decades listening to propaganda that turns words from the opposing languages into trigger words and trigger phrases. As soon as they hear those trigger words, they begin to parrot talking points that have been drilled into them.
It’s pathetic.