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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Jun 2017

      1. Is America falling apart? Is it more polarized than ever? Is political rhetoric more incendiary than ever? Is it 1968 all over again?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Jun 2017

      2. Short answer: no. Long answer: the divisions of the present are an inheritance from the past.

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        1. will‏ @trillwll 15 Jun 2017
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          Longer answer: 1/922

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Jun 2017
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          3. Take the matter of incendiary political rhetoric. This is hardly new in a nation with a long history of political assassinations.

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        3. Jennifer‏ @OpenBookJen 15 Jun 2017
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          Yes, yes, we know. It's not new. But it's hellish and it's here and after a couple centuries to learn better, why can't we change course?

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        1. Some Old Fart‏ @jbwhelan 15 Jun 2017
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          ...and a convenient excuse for our lack of a future.

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        1. Shon Richards‏ @shonrichards 15 Jun 2017
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          I don't know, a short answer seems against your brand.

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        1. Constantine Singer‏ @ajaxsinger 15 Jun 2017
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          They're not an inheritance, they're a birth defect. Sickness from issues of Race, Gender & Class are baked in to our constitutional dna.

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        1. defunct dirtbag left account (ca. Nov 2015)‏ @BertoltMEHcht 15 Jun 2017
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          so you don't truck in the Adam Curtis-adjacent thesis that the internet confounds a lot of applications of historical comparisons?

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        1. Bryan‏ @BT_Zero 15 Jun 2017
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          ok it can't be a long answer if it fits in a tweet next to the short answer

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        1. Richard Grant‏ @richardgrant 15 Jun 2017
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          I expect @jbouie would agree with this

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