We live with a heart beating for tolerance nowdays .

However I see very little of it on both sides of the political divide. I realise we have always been this way to a degree, but at the top layers of our gov't there was "usually" at least a show of respect for the "other" guy.

Why do you think this happened, and is it as bad as it seems?

I really haven't given this much thought - I'm not trolling. Just curious what people think.

Pete