Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 1007378)

It's classic "Broken Windows" stuff. If you see the guy next to you screaming in rage about his political beliefs and rudely offending his enemies, you're more likely to as well. It's not the content of Trump's message that affects us as much as it is the nature of its expression.

Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 1007431)

The only president to have any effect on how I lived was the one who reinstated selective service. And I had to fill out a whole postcard...OK, I had to check three boxes.

But I had to walk all the way back to the mailbox to send it back...

Originally Posted by glatt (Post 1007359)

I've seen a "fuck it" type of attitude on the rise all over the place. Littering, sloppy driving, running red lights, cutting other drivers off, etc. We always had those things, but I think, in all seriousness, that with our current leader showing a disregard for the rules, everyone wonders what the point is of being civil and civic minded. That bad behavior is on the rise.