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Jane Goodall, Emeritus Professor, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University

Uncivil wars? Political lies are far more dangerous than Twitter pile-ons

Supporters of Donald Trump climb the west wall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. Jose Luis Magana/AP

As Trump supporters call for civil war and American institutions of law and government teeter on the brink, threatening to spread extremist influences throughout the democratic world, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens propose that the problem underlying this crisis is the loss of civility itself.


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