The American Civil War happened, essentially, because half of our nation determined that it could no longer reside in peace with the other. This was a long time coming, the two groups, North and South, drifting apart ideologically and culturally until the differences became too great. So there came a war. Yes, I'm going to compare America's current political polarization to that era. While some might think it a bit dramatic, I fear it isn't, and for one reason: Hatred. Whethe