It's Not Polarization, It's Republican Radicalization [View all]
It’s Not Polarization, It’s Republican Radicalization
November 22, 2021 at 2:01 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 22 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2021/11/22/its-not-polarization-its-republican-radicalization/
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Jennifer Rubin: “While it’s true that the country is more deeply divided along partisan lines than it has been in the past, it is wrong to suggest a symmetrical devolution into irrational hatred. The polarization argument too often treats both sides as equally worthy of blame, characterizing the problem as a sort of free-floating affliction (e.g., ‘lack of trust’).”
“This blurs the distinction between a Democratic Party that is marginally more progressive in policy positions than it was a decade ago, and a Republican Party that routinely lies, courts violence and seeks to define America as a White Christian nation.”
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