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Political Violence Rising | Pivot

June 18, 2025 / 00:56

This episode discusses public servants' fears, political polarization, and the impact of social media and Trumpism on public discourse. Key topics include the rising anger in society, the challenges of outspoken individuals, and the role of leadership in escalating tensions.

The conversation highlights concerns from public servants who feel threatened due to the current political climate. The speaker expresses uncertainty about how to address these fears and emphasizes the need to lower the temperature in public discussions.

There is a strong critique of how social media and political strategies like gerrymandering contribute to division and hostility. The speaker attributes much of the current climate to the actions and rhetoric of political leaders.

TL;DR

Public servants express fear amid rising political anger and polarization driven by social media and leadership.

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I am so disturbed by how many people
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have told me who are public servants
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that they're terrified as evidenced by
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what's happened. It was some guy gets in
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his head to be angry and take it out on
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people. I don't quite know how to
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prevent that and it's really um it's
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scary. It's a very scary thing for
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people who are who are outspoken. I'm
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not sure there's a a solution to that
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except, you know, just to bring it down
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the temperature. And it's very hard when
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there's a president who loves raising
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the temperature almost continually into
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a fever that creates all kinds of bad
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impulses on all sides. I blame most of a
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lot of this on the polarization social
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media and gerrymandering and Trumpism in
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many ways because it's so it's always
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dunking constantly dunking and it's
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gotten the rest of us dragged along into
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its ugly wake.
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Episode Highlights

  • The Impact of Polarization
    Polarization and social media are blamed for escalating tensions and fears in society.
    “I blame most of a lot of this on the polarization social media and gerrymandering.”
    @ 00m 38s
    June 18, 2025

Episode Quotes

Key Moments

  • Fear and Outspokenness00:16
  • Polarization and Media00:38

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