Hyperbole, hysteria foment hatred

With yet another deranged lunatic having decided that the best way to get attention is to shoot up a school and murder people, it’s time to look at the role played by the increasingly heated rhetoric that characterizes political, cultural and social debate in this country. Politicians, admittedly, have done this forever. They demonize their opponents and warn the electorate that ele...

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