If your news feed or politics is mostly toxic attacks you might need to revaluate your news sources. Journalism is generally not finding ways to attack other journalists; it is doing credible ethical reporting to expose truths that might help or hurt those in power. 1/3
It is a critical check and balance of our democracy. When political motives try to tear those down, you need to stand up. If your current news source is vilifying another group with belittling comments and unvetted attacks please expand your news sources. 2/3
If that then spills over to name calling and making unfounded assumptions about your family or friends you have gone too far. “suppression or denial of empathy is a deliberate part of cynical political calculus... 3/4
"Dividing people and stoking animosity can have a path to power . . . But these divisions inevitably come at the expense of the long-term health and welfare of the nation as a whole.” -Dan Rather, What Unites Us 4/4
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