It's kind of funny: the land of the free is seemingly too brainwashed to take a joke.

Where’s the war? I must not be in a conflict zone

Try going outside and attempt to honestly express your opinion of the current President or Israel or immigrants or ${current_political_thing}. Maybe you live in a political monoculture, but most places are not.

Mate, people yelling insults at you in public in regards to your political opinions is practically the definition of a functioning democracy.

Not if it uses fear and intimidation as a tactic.

Are you technically correct? Yes.

Are the majority of people who make these types of complaints thin-skinned right-wingers? Also yes.

In my experience, people who actually experience intimidation for their views, like you know, the view that being gay is fine actually, don't go around making these types of complaints. They're out protesting and fighting.

150 years ago the us decimated its population with a war.

Well, there's currently this little conflict going on that had the president call on the National Guard. And a certain governor apparently sided with the rioters and decided to... sue?

... and reading this probably just made steam come out of your ears and think I'm an enemy? Well, there's your war zone ;)