I'm in my 60's with 4 former classmate friends from high school. 2 Liberal leaning and 2 Conservative leaning. They've all worked at their jobs for decades, never drawn a penny of public assistance, married, raised their children, 3 served in the military, all Christian.....the 2 Liberals and 2 Conservatives now refuse to even speak with each other, all over differences in political views.
How did we get to this point?
I can sympathize. My in-laws will not speak to their daughter over her "new" support for Donald Trump. My own immediate family has been fractured by political vitriol. What I have discovered, however, is Trump supporters are far more willing to engage with Biden people and less likely to distance themselves from liberal family members and friends over the election.
We've reached this point because two sides now exist who believe so strongly in their politics of choice the matter of the winner has become a life or death situation. As someone already mentioned the media and entertainment and online industries are largely to blame, as they have sought to divide rather than encourage unity and sanity and reason through healthy debate.