I think I would use the word misinformed or misguided. I feel it's hard to get a clear understanding because there's a lot of performative politics. There isn't enough push back to obstructionism. There are people doing good work in legislature, but mainstream and social media tend to highlight the bad.

Regarding opinions about things like banning TikTok or protecting section 230, the divide is caused by bad technology literacy. I don't think it's fair to say it's been happening for a while, because the pace of tech development has been so much faster than legislature. The median age of the 118th congress is ~58 years old, broadband internet has only been around for the last ~20.