Episode 28 - The Rise of Political Violence: Wherein we discuss the seeming rise in number and severity of political violence instances recently, whether it's different or worse than we've had in the past, where it's stemming from in American society, and some thoughts on what we can do about it.00:00:11 - Introduction
00:01:22 - July 4th, 'Murica! Yeah!
00:04:04 - A difference between the Revolution and random acts of political violence
00:05:42 - Luigi Mangione
00:10:29 - It shouldn't matter whose team the offender was on
00:13:43 - Does media bias play a role?
00:20:19 - Political violence is domestic terrorism
00:22:32 - Reactions to the Trump assassination attempt
00:25:23 - Rhetoric from media and politicians
00:33:30 - Are Americans angrier today?
00:39:17 - How the narrative is told
00:44:48 - The power of social media
00:48:07 - Politicians need to condemn political violence
00:52:07 - They're not just the "other"...they're not even Americans!
01:03:53 - Getting to a point without political violence
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