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"Rises in political violence tend to be "preceded by a dehumanization phase":
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Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS
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A deeply unsettling point from
@RachelKleinfeld
, who studies countries that descend into political violence.
Rises in political violence tends to be "preceded by a dehumanization phase."
The bad news: We are "well along in that phase."
@ThePlumLineGS
·
36m
A deeply unsettling point from
@RachelKleinfeld
, who studies countries that descend into political violence.
Rises in political violence tends to be "preceded by a dehumanization phase."
The bad news: We are "well along in that phase."
Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS
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"We know from other countries that have descended into really serious political violence that this is a trajectory, and we’re on it. We’re actually pretty far advanced on it."
Here's our exchange about increasing GOP flirtations with political violence:
https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/11/gop-political-violence-militias-jan-6-democratic-breakdown/
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