We’ve all experienced incivility on the Internet. But today’s incivility is more than people being rude to each other online. Political leaders have become less civil toward each other, and political parties have become more extremist. Middle America, meanwhile, is becoming less represented as people on the two political extremes listen less to and scream more at each other.

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Quick hits

Dinosaur statue

https://www.the-sun.com/news/375426/dad-accidentally-orders-19ft-carnotaur-statue-for-his-dinosaur-mad-son-that-was-dropped-into-garden-by-crane/

Car dealers encourage loan defaults

https://www.wsj.com/articles/dealerships-give-car-buyers-some-advice-just-stop-paying-your-loan-11581762601

Foolishness of the week

Florida man refuses dialysis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/15/trump-cardboard-cutout-dialysis-treatment/

Topic of the week

The hounding of Jordan Peterson

https://spectator.us/jordan-peterson-addiction-death-online-hate/

U.S. media polarization

https://www.journalism.org/2020/01/24/u-s-media-polarization-and-the-2020-election-a-nation-divided/

Democrats have become more liberal

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/17/liberals-make-up-largest-share-of-democratic-voters/

Why has America become so divided

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/201809/why-has-america-become-so-divided

What are the solutions to political polarization

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_are_the_solutions_to_political_polarization

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