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 * fighting words/public verbal aggression/social divisions **

social division [] Civility and incivility vs. politeness = key words Model debate? Smiley and west [] internet leads to fragmentation? [] reclaiming civility book issued by institute for civility [] __key books for more readings and lecture ideas __ - //The argument culture// – Deborah Tannen book = rude democracy: civility and incivility in american politics

Civility still elusive after Giffords []
 * Giffords shooting and political speech/political violence connection: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Rich after giffords – confirms rise in nutjobs because of rabid rhetoric <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">turning point of our discourse <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">who was responsible <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">olbermann on giffords shooting <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">tea party's fault <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">media's fault? taibbi <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">David brooks on civility <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">perlstein on civility <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">@http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/09/09/when-a-fringe-figure-becomes-news/a-broader-media-problem <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">rich on violent speech <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">@http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/opinion/17rich.html?_r=1&hp <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What political discourse sounded like in 1800 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|http://www.youtube.com/user/ReasonTV#p/u/52/Y_zTN4BXvYI] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">how we should argue about politics <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Obama threats and toxic political discourse <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">relevant books for future research: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Geoffrey Kabaservice //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Eliminationists <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship Since Brown V. Board <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Rude Democracy: Civility and Incivility in American Politics <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Civility: Manners, Morals, and the Etiquette of Democracy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Case for Civility <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Reclaiming Civility in the Pubic Square: 10 Rules that Work