# US voters: Are you afraid of the other side, and to what extent?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 1, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-voters-are-you-afraid-of-the-other-side-and-to-what-extent/953659 "2021-11-01T23:43:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-voters-are-you-afraid-of-the-other-side-and-to-what-extent/953659/99 "2021-11-24T21:31:18Z")

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One of the guys in that business networking group reached out to me on Facebook. It, uh, did not go well:

> [@I blew up a Toastmasters group last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-blew-up-a-toastmasters-group-last-night/918672/176):
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> Talk about a coincibump, @CaptMurdock, I just had a completely laughable FB interaction with the guy who was selling the bird picture above. 4, 5 days ago Greg somehow comes across me on FB, I guess he remembered our interaction, and… for whatever reason, because everything I do is public… he sends me a friend invitation. I sit on it for a few hours, pretty sure I know what’s up - it came late at night, possibly alcohol involved, but the guy wants to debate politics. He could have just tagged …

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