Yeah, this, well said. Been there, seen that.

Been happening for decades, and worsening every cycle. Thread about "Divided States of America" a month ago:

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Lavender_Room_F4/Divided_States_of_America_P6203219


We will continue to divide, and failure at the national level will lead to state governments that are increasingly partisan and further resistant to caring about policy outside of their own ideology (think 1820's). We won't hit "civil war", because the downside is so large, but we will remain in a largely divided nation, kept together by mutual animosity and inertia (think of how long some really bad marriages last). We are already there, and the folks that we elect simply reflect that disfunction.

It's not occurred to you that organizations like BLM instigating violent protests is a step towards open conflict has it.

No, it hasn't, because you have clearly lost track of the far worse and more divisive conflicts of the past. There are certainly major issues, but they are largely angrier and angrier over less and less. You completely discount the millions of protesters at the Women's Marches. The violence that you fixate on is less prevalent than you think it is, while it dominates your perception.