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@eldubuu Some books you might enjoy: In Erica Etelson's book Beyond Contempt she discusses liberals' insults of conservatives in mainstream media and how those amplify divides. Richard Rorty's Achieving Our Country discusses why liberals can be perceived as pessimistic and divisive.

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From the description of @MoniGuzman's book I Never Thought Of It That Way: "We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions. Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted—twice—for Donald Trump. When the… https://t.co/aIIHBOUMoU https://t.co/BusR7m6FLB

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Related to this idea: Elizaveta Friesem wrote the book 'Media Is Us', which argued that we shouldn't think of media as something separate from us, something "out there," but see it as the playing out of human dynamics and human communication. Human systems are "us."

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Political scientist Steven Webster has researched the effects and causes of political anger. In his book American Rage, he's pessimistic that things will get better. https://t.co/BlKGxxa0bU

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In Centola's book 'Change: How to Make Big Things Happen', he describes a kindling-like effect in cultural change: Several people in one community doing a new behavior is more effective at kicking off a change than the same number of people spread across multiple communities.

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Many have written about our arrogance and lack of humility, and how such things can amplify our anger at each other (not just in politics, but in our personal lives). One book that focuses on this is Taylor Dotson's "The Divide: How Fanatical Certitude Is Destroying Democracy." https://t.co/LxlEhPxk43

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On liberal side, books include: Richard Rorty's Achieving Our Country and Erica Etelson's Beyond Contempt. On conservative side: Glenn Beck's Addicted to Outrage and Jeff Flake's Conscience of a Conservative. Point being: there are things for both political groups to work on.

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.@d_f_stone Daniel, excuse us, are you able to confirm that your title 'Undue Hate' was meant to be a bit of a play on words of 'undo hate'?

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From a review by @HeatherGraci of @PeterTColeman1's book The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization https://t.co/tXiBUeF9cT https://t.co/xpCTTsqSVf

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What problem are we solving by removing books from institutions of public education? If the bar is “not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate,” does “The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman match those criteria? https://t.co/0r78ara9ml