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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Was the cruelty the point?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

Is Persuasion Possible?

In two thousand 12 after romney lost, i don't think anybody assumed that donald trump was going to be the next presidt in the united states. Do you actually think that persuasion is possible given where we are right now? I do not see people being at each other's thro s in that way that it seems like they are on social media. It's mostly the fact that we're polarized on questions of identity, that is fuelling the sort of tenor of our politics.

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