I personally think that the root cause of what we are seeing today is that society as a whole has been spiraling downhill and out of control.  It's not really a "left wing vs. right wing" thing or a "liberal vs. conservative" thing or a "democrat vs. republican thing... at least as a whole.

It's more about society and how certain acts, lifestyles, behavior, etc. that once was frowned upon is now socially "acceptable".  Making things that once were not acceptable more 'socially acceptable" now is sped up in this age of social media, 24/7 news, 24/7 "fake news" and the need for people to be "connected" at all times.

Another huge factor is Hollywood, Broadway and the media.  It's no secret that the main stream media is biased.  A play depicting the assassination of a sitting President is heralded as "brilliant" and "artful", while it's actually pretty disgusting and shouldn't be acceptable.

You have an "entertainer" thinking that it's alright to post a disgusting picture of her holding the bloody "head" of a sitting President, and it's not treated in a way that would make it unacceptable, the excuse is "free speech".  This "entertainer" wasn't trying to entertain anybody, she was trying to "make a political statement".  What kind of statement is that?  How is that moral?  What kind of values does that teach?

Then you have radicals like this guy who go over the edge and actually hurt somebody.  This guy thinks thought that because the sitting President has an R next to his name he is somehow "evil".  Where does he get such ideas?

Of course, within hours of the shooting you have some politicians scrambling to get in front of a "news" camera trying to politicize the event.  More subtly though, watching the coverage from different "news" sources throughout the day, it was interesting to see how some "reported" the story.  The main headline theme on some was the fact that the Congress was "coming together in solidarity" or something like that while other sources were reporting on the radical and partisan history of the shooter.  While learning about who the shooter was and his history, they all reported that "authorities are trying to determine a motive".

What?

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