It's related to the viciousness and lack of due process and deplatforming of the mob, it's made it significantly worse to be not politically correct, & many people (esp men) feel hemmed in because tempers flare You can't be George Washington without being torn down somewhere atm
I disagree, there are corners of twitter which have been earnest well defended as places for understanding and self expression, especially 'alt' twitter wherein identity politics is less vicious (since almost everyone is behind some kind of mask)
