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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Who's to Blame for American Political Violence?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

New York Times, Journalism, News, Society & Culture, Ross Douthat

4.07.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Do Republicans have an anger problem? The columnists debate whether Trump incited the recent targeted attacks. After Michelle Goldberg reports back from the campaign trail in Georgia, they all discuss the partisan battle of the sexes: has politics become polarized by gender? Is the Republican party the party of men, and the Democratic party the party of women? For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0

I'm David Lee on heart.

0:01.0

I'm Michelle Goldberg.

0:02.5

And I'm Ross Douthet.

0:04.0

This is the argument.

0:06.4

David is calling in from distant Hungary this week.

0:09.5

So I'm taking the lead on this episode.

0:12.1

Hopefully the raw power won't go to my head.

0:15.3

Today, we're talking about anger.

0:19.3

Does America have a problem with political anger or only with right wing political anger?

0:25.6

Then, the midterms next week would make 2018 the year of the woman

0:30.8

with a record number of women running for political office.

0:34.3

But is it a bad thing that our politics are increasingly polarized by gender

0:39.7

with a party for women and a party for men?

0:42.8

Yeah, I mean, I think it's a social problem too, men have gone off the rails.

0:46.8

And finally, a recommendation.

0:49.2

I have not finished it, so please don't tell me what happens.

0:55.7

The past two weeks have been pretty dark.

1:01.7

In Pittsburgh, 11 Jews were murdered at their synagogue.

1:05.7

In Kentucky, a white supremacist shot two black people at a supermarket after trying

1:10.8

and failing to enter a black church.

1:13.7

And last week, a group of top Democrats received pipe bombs in the mail.

1:19.4

After these events, a lot of prominent people have called on Americans to tone down our

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