I blame the far left. They couldn't stay in their lane and try not to ram their agenda in the lives of people down the middle of the road. It has given the main-stream conservatives fuel and a larger following to start a push back toward ultra-conservativism. This will ultimately be abused and the normal citizen will start to lose rights and liberties.
People, stay in your lane, let others travel as they wish. If towns don't want certain books in their libraries let them burn them. If cities want transvestite story time in the schools, let them. Just do what has to be done to personally get out of the way and live your own life as you wish and leave others alone.