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Old 04-28-2011, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by BluPhire View Post
Hmm things that happened during the Clinton years.

Rise in Conservative Radio, the Internet.

I think, and especially watching old documentaries about previous Presidents, it isn't that we are less civil, its the fact that the access is everywhere. Anybody can create a blog and ruin a person's career (Breitbart and the Sherrod incident)

This is the Wild West. Nothing is filtered, and when nothing is filtered you get the bitter with the sweet.
This is all very true, but I still think there is more to it than just this. When you have a member of Congress yell "You lie!" during a State of the Union Address, it's not just the random bitter guy who can start a blog.
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