Could America's politics of contempt lead to civil war?

Could America’s politics of contempt lead to civil war?


When Taylor Swift, America’s most notable “childless cat lady,” belted out “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” she was singing about one of her many exes.

But she might as well have been commenting on the state of American politics. The left and the right are like two people trapped in a toxic, spiteful relationship, each seething with contempt for the other. Is a national “breakup” inevitable?

This is where the left stands today: not only criticizing the other side but actually rejoicing in its suffering.

As this election makes especially clear, each side views the other as a threat to America’s future.

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The left looks at the right and sees a stubborn, regressive faction clinging to an outdated vision of America — one that resists diversity,

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