The Democrats were still on "don't ask don't tell" in the Clinton era and that policy continued to 2011 so it just seems to me that the rise of this divisivenes

The Democrats were still on "don't ask don't tell" in the Clinton era and that policy continued to 2011 so it just seems to me that the rise of this divisiveness came as a natural reaction to Progressives views on race and gender gaining mainstream traction. If you look at how overall society has changed on those issues in the last 20 years the change seems pretty big.