What's interesting these days, because of social media, all it really takes is one story, an angle; the people pick it up, convert it into several positions based around the same idea. If there's damage, the people do it to themselves. Far more intense than snowballing. The pieces breaking off are also snowballing. Before you know it, and of course months and even years later, the people affected are glued, saying the same things nonstop. A form of mind control/thought control. No time to think about anything else. Gotta win that conversation...
Even looking around this comment section, and not to insult anyone of course, but all this has been said, in some way, shape, or form.
And I understand what you're saying. I boiled it down to a simple equation, somewhat lightheartedly, recently. X ÷ Y = Z
The X's can see the Y's and the Y's can see the X's. They have the same walls in common but use them as an excuse to be different or better, or worse. The walls an illusion. Completely oblivious to Z.
Studying this whole thing, I've discovered it's difficult to enter the arena and offer this perspective. The X's think you're a Y and the Y's think you're an X; and they both have sharp spears.
And of course I didn't do any of this so, totally not a Z. Lightheartedly I just describe it as, N or G. And that's where things get really confusing... LOL!