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As far as I can tell, "this is the end of America" is just empty rhetoric spewed whenever white/conservative/religious either lose a layer of their status as a favored class, lose a layer of ability to impose their will on the rest of us, etc.
It's no different from when people bitch about "PC Culture" or "Woke Culture". It's essentially a lamentation that, hey, being carelessly insensitive, an asshole or outright piece of shit just ain't what it used to be, because now they- minorities of all stripes- now have a voice and no longer have to just sit there and take it.
It's a lamentation that there is now greater accountability and transparency, and you just can't say or do certain things with impunity.
"This is the end of America" is, IMO, the top level of this, being the easiest catchall dog whistle to the largest number of people. Frankly, it's current form is the "save our kids" mantra. If your patriotism (really jingoism, but I digress) and fear of the death of this great nation isn't enough to get you good and scared to hate anything that even looks progressive, well, those evil commy democrat libs also want to fuck your kids!
It's a moving of the goalpost. When straight white males lose a bit of footing at the top, (hi, bshelly!) they're not going to sit there in self reflection, and choose to do better. They go on the attack, from a defensive position.
And that defense is to sound the alarm that the whol country is now going to shit. Oh, you're calling me out for being a racist pile of garbage? OHHEYLOOKATTHATBEHINDYOU!! THEY'RE TRYONG TO DESTROY AMERICA!
TLDNR version:this ain't my pappy's 'Murica.
That's it. That's literally all it means.
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