When persuasion stops and violence begins, that’s the line between ‘legitimate political discourse’ and something very different, scholars explain. AP Photo/John Minchillo by Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University and Timothy J. Shaffer, Kansas State University When the governing body of the Republican Party called the events of Jan. 6, 2021, “legitimate public discourse,” it renewed … Continued

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