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Originally Posted by BluPhire
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.
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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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