I typically don’t see the speeches or sound bites our politicians make. I find myself distracted by the applause of the audience. It feels most political audiences are more interested in being spoken to and for by somebody who echoes their exact sentiments. It is not a chance to learn or be informed, but rather a chance to raise the flag of who you are in a group of similar flag raisers. But what if we collectively agreed political speeches and debates were not eligible for applause? Would that affect how we watch them?

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