American political culture is conflictual

American political culture was at one point consensual, but as time went on and more factions formed and more problems arose it became more and more conflictual. For some shallow evidence of this, all you have to do is go on YouTube and search up sjw cringe compilation and it will plainly and simply highlight America's political culture. A more in depth example can be found on CNN's Crossroads. In this instance, the guests were Rick Perry and a former Illinois governor. A good and hearty political discussion occurred between them, but they could not once agree on one way to fix a certain topic. Another example showcasing America's conflictual political culture is an exchange between Congressional hopeful Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes and conservative writer Ben Shapiro. Shapiro had offered Ocasio-Cortes $10,000 for her campaign if Shapiro and her had a debate about her stances. Instead, Ocasio-Cortes declined and continued to label Shapiro as a sexual harasser by saying he had been "cat-calling" her into a debate. Shapiro obviously refuted these claims but the instance highlights how American political culture devolved from what it once had been in the 1950's and prior. A final example of our conflictual political culture is the diversity aspect of it. In David Brooks's article, he writes, "In Montgomery County 60 percent of the population is white.15 percent is black, 12 percent is Hispanic, and 11 percent Asian. In Franklin County 95 percent of the population is white." This causes extremely conflicting views because of the difference in location and other major factors such as income and equality. In urban areas, which tend to have a larger black population, would be more concerned about gun violence or jobs, while someone who lives in a rural area who is more likely to be white, would have more worries about taxes or even agriculture. In the end, marches and protests trump civil discussion and sensible conversations, and yelling feelings at each other became our conflictual political culture today. Our political culture paints us a picture with red and blue with splotches of ugly all around.