Stephen Fry just articulated with astonishing clarity and wit exactly what I was trying to say last week .
Choice quotes:
For a Labour voter to hate a Tory voter or vice versa is for us all to stumble into the revolting and nonsensical little-endian big-endian madness that Swift pilloried in Gulliver's Travels.
However one thing has remained constant in my political affiliations, and that is a deep contempt and fear of tribalism. When I meet a Labour voter who can only hiss, stamp and fume at any Tory, or a Conservative voter who can only jeer and condemn a Labour voter then I bridle, bristle and simply writhe with indignation. Let this be known and celebrated: we all have the right to vote the way we want. We all have our reasons and motivations and they do not justify anyone insulting or reviling us.Marvellous.
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I'm an American, but we see plenty of bitterness here, too. Sometimes the anger even sounds hateful--and that makes it hard for me to identify with any party. I don't see much hope of it stopping, but it's nice to know I'm not the only one who's tired of it.