Interesting observation and it seems accurate. Perhaps it is linked to and driving in part what I see which is an ever decreasing ability for people to discuss almost any topic without the various viewpoints becoming rigidly opposed and intractable. There seems to be an ever declining ability to discuss differences of opinion and viewpoint in a reasonable way where the different viewpoints are respected and their merits considered. Instead any difference of opinion is met with personal attacks, evasion and multiple other crude strategies to avoid a reasonable fact based contest of ideas.