DU makes me sad

[uppityperson]

How the hell can anyone expect humans to continue to exist, to have there not be wars, not be killings, not be bad things happening, for people to be able to figure out how to be able to work together? Yes, there will always be some bad people, I am not hoping for Utopia, but just for people to work together and be decent.

I have gotten sad this week, reading comments on DU towards other DUers (trolls aside) that are nasty and nasty and nasty. How can we hope anything positive for the world, for humanity as a whole if there are this many people even here being nasty towards each other? Can we not embrace the fact that we hold different opinions and that there are many ways to get to the same end? Must we be nasty to each other?

I am very grateful for those who do not participate in this crap, and also greatly appreciate DU for keeping up with the news, but wish humans had evolved further socially and emotionally to be humane, to work together.