Author: Eric Sonderman
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Trump’s critics are not the ‘deranged’ ones | Eric Sondermann
It appears that 63 percent of Americans, plus or minus, are deranged. Per recent surveys, that is the percentage of fellow citizens who do not approve of President Donald Trump’s performance a year into his second term. In Trump’s world, most any criticism of the president is ascribed to TDS, short for Trump Derangement Syndrome.…
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The biggest accelerant of our political tribalism | Eric Sondermann
In years past, my go-to word in describing our political condition was “polarization.” I used it endlessly and still do on occasion. But as time has moved on, and the divide has only grown in depth and toxicity, polarization no longer seems to fully capture the magnitude of what has overtaken us. In its place,…