Most Americans believe political discourse has grown coarser in recent years, as old taboos against publicly cursing and attacking an opponent’s family have fallen away. Politicians and their supporters call critics and opponents “criminals” or “fascists,” while some 2024 presidential candidates muse about executing the nation’s top military adviser or pledge to “slit the throats” of a bloated public workforce. Many worry the way we talk about politics is dangerously incendiary.
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