@sullybiker I think you're nailing it. Ruled by feelings. And I don't say "facts not feelings" I say we can have a discussion of both sides that can involve feelings. But there's no live and let live--like your friend's murals.
I remember the feeling of witnessing things I disagreed with in public--protest signs, murals, a slogan on a shirt. You'd be annoyed or disgusted and if you were ballsy you'd say something to the person. But I never thought to stop them. Now it's tear everything down and plug your ears.
I was so sad today to hear about people tearing down posters here of missing Israelis. I don't care about sides. You can be cynical and say hanging the posters is a type of protest. I see it as a cry. This person has gone missing and it hurts me so badly I'm going to try to do anything to find them, even from the other side of the world. And then to rip that slender bit of hope off a wall.
Everyone is in batshit, drunken monkey, toddler mode.
i should hang up my Eeyore tail for tonight but thanks for letting me yawp in your direction, appreciate it.