The partition of 1947 was a more problematic and divisive conversation-piece, but even there the communal violence that had made many Bengali Hindus leave their ancestral lands was explained away with a sad shrug –"It was the madness of those times".
They are remarkably astute in exploiting questions of culture and identity and are frequently among the first to push new divisive conversations.
After a long struggle in the shadows of the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, its leaders have sought to avoid potentially divisive conversations about the details of Islamic law that might set off alarms about an Islamist takeover.
Twitter as a platform has increasingly come under fire for its dismissive approach to the toxic culture permitting from some of the site's insensitive and trolling users, though Andreessen isn't usually one to back away from divisive conversations.
Twitter as a platform has increasingly come under fire for its dismissive approach to the toxic culture permitting from some of the site's insensitive and trolling users, though Andreessen isn't usually one to back away from divisive conversations.
For an example of what divisive conversations look like, the political environment in the US offers daily opportunity to watch the ripple effect of where attention goes.
These kinds of self-righteous and divisive conversations (disguised as discussions of values) fueled 24/7 by radio, TV and internet media are not only destroying who we are, but also killing the possibility of who we can be.
What began with a tweet about President Trump's "dragon energy" led to a friendly exchange between the rapper and Trump, and soon erupted into a divisive Twitter conversation about race, identity politics and mental health.
I realize that politics have a long history of being divisive, and conversations about politics among family and friends have often been characterized as uncivil.
The pastor said that moment showed him just how extreme and divisive the gun conversation has become in America.
