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5 types of threat – how those who want to divide us use language to stoke violence

  • Written by H. Colleen Sinclair, Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University
imageMilitary police clash with supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro after an invasion to Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia on January 8, 2023. Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images

Events like the riots in Brazil, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection two years before it and the mass shooting at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub each occurred...

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