America’s New Age of Political Violence — with Barbara F. Walter
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Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like We don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing increasingly is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It To Me, how to mind your manners. New episodes, Sundays, wherever you get your podcasts. So the murder of Charlie Kirk, this feels different. It feels as if we're on the precipice of something really dark.
And I was thinking, when's the last time? Yeah. The nation was in this type of dark mood, and I would argue it's been a very long time. There's something very strange going on here. The vibe is very much that we are Perhaps entering
A descent into some sort of darkness. uh riot or insurrection, whatever the term you want to use. It was embarrassing or I found it embarrassing and humiliating and it made me angry. But this makes me or I think this makes us somewhat. A little bit.
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