What things have become politicized in ways that we can all agree are harmful to either society and/or democracy?

I'll go first:

- vaccines and vaccination for children

- gerrymandering and how political districts are defined (I understand that this has been political for a long time and both parties do it, but it feels like something that could just be more logically and legally "set" somehow, so the system can't be "gamed" all of the time)

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The existence of a competent civil service.

Republicans have decided to make federal careers unattractive which will dissuade the most competent from joining so government can function worse so Republicans can run on a platform that the government is bad and inefficient.

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Only ppl who know no federal employees and civil servants say stuff like EY1. My second wife was a life long civil servant, working in payroll for the armed services/veterans, and she worked for the army corps of engineers for a few years. Met lots of her friends - worked for the FBI, the regional Feds, etc. The stereotype has no basis of truth. Its like Reagan and his "welfare queen" distortion. It's just not a thing.

I remember when both sides actually liked America.

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Newt Gingrich really messed up the idea of national unity.

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I’ll add another: Stock trading by members of Congress and the Military.

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I don’t know about politicized but the extent to which gambling has become normalized is probably unhealthy for everyone.

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There is significantly more broad agreement on immigration and gun control than you’d imagine based on the general discourse about it

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You lost me at vaccines

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SA1: Your response suggests you were lost long before you read OPs post. Doesn't seem like you actually had anything intelligent to add to the conversation.

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Pedophilia and sex trafficking. I miss the days when it was a non-starter for an elected official.

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Might as well throw add SA to the list

Universal healthcare

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Election integrity efforts.

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M3 - what voting right no longer exists? Who has been prevented from voting (disenfranchised) and how did it happen?

Access to birth control

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Flying the America flag.

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M2 - I agree. I refuse to yield the American flag to the polarized partisanship.

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National pride.

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Erosion of voter rights act - disenfranchising large segments of a society is not a democracy.

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I read this super interesting article about how big companies like Toyota are investing in social-emotional training for their employees and seeing massive benefits. I actually think this could be a whole separate class for students of all ages. Learning about conflict resolution, growing your own self-regulation skills...it's really important.

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where did fauci go?

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Dark days ahead

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