Is political civility dead?

Revolution and Worse to Come

Victor Davis Hanson has a worrisome article at National Review that’s worth a read.

In a withering indictment of the Left and its media allies, Mr. Hanson lists the endless and toothless efforts to de-legitimize, discredit, smear, and otherwise get rid of Trump.

But, in addition, he notes the dangerous turn such acts represent.

“Insidiously and incrementally, we are in the process of normalizing violence against the elected president of the United States. If all this fails to delegitimize Trump, fails to destroy his health, or fails to lead to a 2018 midterm Democratic sweep and subsequent impeachment, expect even greater threats of violence.” (emphasis added)

Is this the new norm, or can adults in the electorate bring sanity back to the dialogue?

Midterm elections will be more than Democrat-v-Republican…it will be just as much about IF Americans want the political discussion returned to a more civil level.

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