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Political polarization is about feelings, not facts

  • Written by Robert B. Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
Animosity between partisan voters has grown in recent years.Gutzemberg/Shutterstock.com

Politicians and pundits from all quarters often lament democracy’s polarized condition.

Similarly, citizens frustrated with polarized politics also demand greater flexibility from the other side.

Decrying polarization has become a way of impugning...

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