It seems like most Americans view each problem as you ' re either prox or antix and choosing one makes you either a liberal or a conservative , with each of those being used as an insult by the other . It is real . More over , it is getting worse , and I see no way to rectify this . It will continue until the country is divided into two distinct cultures that hate each other we ' re almost there . I blame targeted biased cable news , social media echo chambers , and the fact that both parties encourage identity politics . Also the fact that a lot of people don ' t have a single friend on the other side , so the only time they ever interact with the opposition is arguing with douches online . None of these will change any time soon . I don ' t see how this could be resolved .