| If we learn nothing from this tragedy, we are back where we started. And where we started was with two years of accelerating political violence -- actual violence, not to be confused with violent language -- that struck fear into many, not the least of whom was Gabrielle Giffords. Calls for civility will have no more lasting impact on the "tone" of American discourse now than they did after the J.F.K. assassination or Oklahoma City. Especially not in an era when technology allows all 300 million Americans a cost-free megaphone for unmediated rants. |
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