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Reconcilable Differences? 0

At the Psychology Today website, Pamela B. Rutledge argues that dis coarse discourse is starting resemble the dynamics of a failing marriage. She notes that

  • Character attacks, not policy debates, are now the primary mode of political communication.
  • Contempt in public discourse trains people to see opponents as “others” who are less worthy and less human.

Methinks her article is well worth a read.

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