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Fri Jul 26

why has our political rhetoric gotten so violent and incendiary?

Written by Hugh Breakey, Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Griffith University

In the wake of the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, there were calls from both sides of US politics, as well as internationally, to reduce the brutal, take-no-prisoners language that has become part of our ordinary political discourse.

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