We got this way because we played along with the whole “let’s hear both sides out”
And one side is like, normal people who just want fair wages and healthcare and the other side is a church theocracy that believes poor people getting help is an abomination to god and trans people are literal demons.
Yeah it feels like the tide on this shit really started turning when conservatives started the whole "Mark Zuckerberg is oppressing my first amendment rights!" crusade.
I mean, it's always been building up in the background but that's when the real crazies made themselves known, it feels like.