Due to the current recession or is it just the bad weather have you noticed how tense the atmosphere is lately

Maybe i'm just paranoid but i can taste the hatred in the air, in town today all those hug the gay whale students were out ping leaflets out to pers by. "Save the whale" boycott china" "down with Mugabe" ect as soon as they came near me i told them calmly and quite firmly to "fuc'k off" So its already affecting me, i usually say no thanks! So hows it affecting you? have you noticed total strangers becoming more aggressive in your area/town? thank you.