it's more the fact that people have always been this way and because we're basically a global community now and we're starting to realize that people generally are extreme in their stances. And vocal too, considering we have the internet to hide behind now
I never saw the internet anonymity thing, the most vitriol I hear hurled at minorities generally comes from people I've seen in person, like 90% of the time it's someone middle aged or older too
once people realize they're going to die soon they just stop giving a **** and show the world how ugly they really are