@lbs@chaos.social You could be right. Are you from america? I just moved away from america a month ago because the constant tantrums hasve become unbearable. My own expierence is that not only has it gotten significantly worse but the bulk of it has been in the last few years.

As for people in the past, I can mostly look to exchanges via letters to see how people with vastly different opinions interacted. For the most part it always appears mature. I dont think I can recall very many historic letters that were mostly name calling. But today though its hard to have an exchange with anyone that doesnt eventually devolve into that, unless of course you agree.