I think Civil War was brewing ever since Trump first came into office. I'm not blaming Trump exactly here. I'm just saying his violent and careless rhetoric succeeding was a clear indicator that our country was in decline towards violent political ideologies. The liberals already had their fair share of exposure in that regard. The Republicans could've taken the high ground but they didn't and now we're here.
trump is a symptom and not the direct cause of why we are in this position
politics became increasingly hate filled when obama took office, not because of anything he did as a president in particular, but because he was black
i remember the outrage when he first was elected by people who i had been close with all my life at that point, a sophomore in high school i was when this happened, it's when i was first kind of aware of the fact that my hometown is like 99% white for a very specific reason lol