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This week . . . was really bad. Scan through the headlines below. We’ve hit a new low. It doesn’t even matter if they’re from the right or left. What matters is that political discourse has slipped from disagreement to insult to profanity to physical action — heckled in a movie line…thrown out of a restaurant…rejected from taking a picture…declaiming “F..K YOU… Is violence the next step? The problem is, the worse it gets, the more tempting it is to take sides and join in. Who can not have an emotional response to this? Which is exactly why the polarizers never quit. It’s like political road rage. It doesn’t matter which side scores a point. What matters is the game of destruction is on, full tilt.

When reading these examples, check the above list and ask yourself: regardless of whether you agree or disagree, is this really advancing an intelligent resolution through the persuasive, rational arguments of advocacy…or simply fueling the fire of conflict through the divisive, emotional manipulations of polarization?

Here are just a few of the week’s polarizing headlines…disregarding whether they’re from the left or right:

Florida AG heckled by protesters after seeing Mister Rogers movie

This Bartender Got Fired For Being Rude To Trump Supporters. He Doesn’t Regret It.

Antonio Sabato Jr. says he was ‘blacklisted’ like Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Trump warns Maxine Waters: ‘Be careful what you wish for

Dem congressman refuses to condemn Waters’ calls to harass Trump officials

Well said! It only takes James Woods one tweet to PERFECTLY praise Sarah Sanders and RIP Michelle Wolf

Seth Rogen says he wouldn’t take a photo with Paul Ryan

Trump staffer ostracism illustrates systemic breakdown of the left

Democrats Say Trump and Republicans Hate Children

The Left’s Unhinged Nazi Comparisons Drag the Discourse from the Gutter down into the Sewer

Raving maniac will obstruct justice in a single tweet but won’t speak Sessions’ name aloud

‘You Are A Monumental Idiot’: Army Vet Blasts Trump Cheerleader

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