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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 37 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by John Pruden. |
| Summary |
In our current age of hyper-partisan politics, nearly everyone takes sides. This is especially true with regard to the Trump presidency, which did not cause this profound division but has drawn it to the surface, making it the dominant paradigm of political debate. Both sides scream lock 'em up, criminalizing political difference instead of making substantive criticisms of opposing views. This deeply undemocratic fallacy-that political sins must be investigated and prosecuted as criminal-is an exceedingly dangerous trend. The underlying problem, Alan Dershowitz argues, is that we have weakened our national commitment to civil liberties. The vibrant center is weakening, with traditional liberalism and conservatism becoming further apart-not just in approach but also in their respect for Constitutional norms. And unless we as a nation begin to focus again on what unites us rather than on what divides us, America might not survive the next decade. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Political culture -- United States.
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Right and left (Political science) -- United States.
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Polarization (Social sciences)
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United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- Public opinion.
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Pruden, John, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781974921669 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1974921662 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12205547 |
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