Americans increasingly see important issues through a deeply polarized lens. While most Americans now self-identify as independents, vital public policy and previously normal political discourse is now caught up in partisan warfare that every day tears us further apart. …
As political veterans who come from opposite sides of the aisle, and with differing political philosophies, we ask, how much worse can it get? Already, politicians are verbally attacked, harassed at restaurants and “doxed” online. And, on Wednesday, several elected officials, outspoken Trump critics and at least one media organization were subjected to domestic terrorism in the form of mailed bombs.
While there is a qualitative difference between vocal protests and physical violence, the increasingly toxic political conversation is creating a dangerous and potentially deadly environment. CONT.
Doug Heye & Michael Feldman, CNN