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We Need To Punch Back Against The Extremes Of Both The Left And The Right And Define The Terms Of The Debate Ourselves.

Right Now, Politics Follows The Rules Of Talk Radio - Using Conflict, Tension, Fear, And Resentment To Find New Recruits.

What Might Be Good For Ratings Can Be Bad For The Country. The Hard-core Partisans Are Self-segregating Themselves Into Separate Political Realities. But The Majority Of Americans Are Starting To Wake Up To The Game.

Godwin's Law States That The Longer Any Online Debate Goes On, The Likelier It Is That Someone Will Play The Nazi Card. It's The Rhetorical Equivalent Of Going Nuclear And Stupid At The Same Time.

We Cannot Hope To Change Human Nature. There Will Always Be Cranks And Conspiracy Theorists Among Us. But We Can Try To Improve Things - We Don't Have To Accept The Debasement Of Civil Discourse Or Civic Decline. We Can Take Steps To Ensure That The Lunatic Fringe Remains On The Fringe And Stops Bleeding Into The Base And Then Poisoning The Mainstream