Of course its me. It is my perception. It seems to me the Evangelical hate targets combined with the people Bush talk show hosts deemed traitors, has unleashed a lasting social poison.
There is no contact between different "tribes".

It was fine in NY and Buffalo for me too, in fact it was a normal community respondsibility but there really does seem to be some odd people in these DC suburbs of a certain paygrade who can not afford any loose ends.

Yes there are known CIA employees here and others who only appear for 4 months a year, but the fearometer is higher than 183rd St.