Is it possible that all this aggression.... is an effect of modern media, of the Internet?

Interesting question.

In the US, the elimination of the Fairness in Broadcasting gave rise to misinformation based media like Rush Limbaugh.

The internet has made it possible for like-minded people to assemble in echo chambers, united under banners of hatred.

But this isn't the first large scale division marked by rampant bitterness and hatred. Obvious example: religions like Islam have schisms with long bloody histories and no signs of letting up.

A lifelong surfer, I'm acquainted with a few New Zealand surfers who look upon Maori with the same disdain as some US surfers do with LatinX. My Mom was born in Berlin. She migrated to the US in '37. Now 92, she's acutely aware that anti-semitism in Germany remained strong. Fortunately for NZ and Germany, they aren't swamped with high capacity/rapid firing weapons as we are.

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