Anonymous
It seem to me that the author, despite the many historical references, is committing a fatal error. Even admitting that the USA went through two civil wars already (I agree that the Revolutionary War was a civil war, but the other I rather call it Secession War since it was led by the States), using those two event to extrapolate what a society is all about is a stretch to say the least.
There have always been division in the USA? Of course and I would say that is a good thing because a nation who is united on all front is a nation of sheep. The divisions between federalists and anti-federalist on which form of government the country should assume, didn’t stop them from creating the USA. What is different today is that people are not even aware of what the real differences are. They just shout to each other, they do not argue their positions with the intention of coming to an agreement for the mutual benefit. A continued arguing just rise the tension and there is no pause that allow to see the other party as someone who come from a different experience and that have some valid point to bring to the discussion.
Will this continuous state of unrest lead us to a physical fight? I am afraid this is not in the hand of the one involved in the current protest, it is in the hands of the dark puppeteers who maneuver them. For an example of how things can get out of hand look at Ukraine. Protesters on one side, police on the other. A third group fire some shots into both crowds and they start fighting each other. People are dead on both sides and the hate gauge goes up a notch. That could happen here any day. What happens after is anyone guess.