It do not think it’s limited to one part of the country. For good or ill we are more split than ever. I can imagine the nation split in two as in a civil war or 2 or more nations forming with or without a war.
We are split because we demonize people who disagree with us. That someone is wrong on an issue makes him stupid, ignorant; but not necessarily unredeemably evil.
If Oscar Lopez is demonized, should I then be demonized because I would not yield to the pressure of the ATF/Chairman Rostenkowski to frame my friend Oscar Lopez because Oscar threatened Rosty’s voter base?
“It do not think it’s limited to one part of the country. For good or ill we are more split than ever. I can imagine the nation split in two as in a civil war or 2 or more nations forming with or without a war.”
We were one election from that, and then Trump won. That resets the clock a bit, but as long as most Americans still look at the Democrats as a legitimate party, committed to what this nation was founded on, we are still at risk, big risk. Right now, all it will take is Democrats winning in 2020 and 2024. If Trump can instead win in 2020, that will reset the clock quite a bit further back.
But there is very little room for error, if Hillary had won, by next year (2018), Texas (and probably some other states) would have been openly defying DC, and a civil war would have been likely. Now a tiny bit of breathing room...but the Dems mean business and we’re still damn close to slipping over.