Given that we are not caning each other on the floor of the Senate[0], I think we are not as bad as we were in the past. In the past, we literally had a hot Ci

Given that we are not caning each other on the floor of the Senate[0], I think we are not as bad as we were in the past. In the past, we literally had a hot Civil War with American armies marching against American cities and laying siege to them and destroying them. Our rhetoric might be inflamed, which may be more noticeable due to social media, but I don't think we are at that point yet. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner