I hope it will pass but the last two years of politics in the US seems to have everyone worn down, picking sides, and yelling at each other. It is uncommon back home for people to just listen to other people anymore, but I did not realize how bad it had gotten until I got outside the system for a few days.
Last night I watched two people in the Lobby of the hotel I was staying in have an argument. Both were obviously furious based on suppressed body language – but neither raised their voice, spoke over the other person, or failed to listen to what they had to say. They went back and forth in a pattern of “this is my argument” and “ahh, but this is why I disagree, this is my argument” several times. You could tell they were listening to the other person, as their counter arguments addressed points the other had just raised. Then when they started to repeat one of them said – “I am sorry, but you have not convinced me – unless you have a new argument we are at an impasse”. They both walked away pissed, but they resolved the issue and they whole thing was incredibly civil, and polite.
It took me a while to realize that I was waiting for one of them to start yelling, or to totally loose it, because that had become sometime in the last two years that had become a, well not acceptable option, but certainly one you were likely to encounter frequently.