Mr. Fish on CBC’s The Current

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   Glenn

   February 10, 2017 at 3:55 pm

   “The past year has been so polarizing and noxious that even I find myself getting caught up in the extreme grandstanding and vitriol. But with extremes come deadlock and the death of progress. Instead of speaking in measured tones about what unites us, we are screaming at each other about what divides us — which is exactly what authoritarian figures like Mr. Trump want: Divided people are easier to rule. That was, after all, the whole point of apartheid.”—Trevor Noah

   Trevor Noah: Let’s Not Be Divided. Divided People Are Easier to Rule.

   https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/trevor-noah-lets-not-be-divided-divided-people-are-easier-to-rule.html?_r=0

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      Glenn

      February 10, 2017 at 4:25 pm

      “All through the reverential epoch of Stewart and Colbert, one glaring reality was never acknowledged by the media. That was the fact that the two comedians were not doing their satire for the good of the republic, but for the perfectly natural and understandable purpose of making money for their employer and for themselves.”

      http://www.cjr.org/special_report/trump_jon_stewart_stephen_colbert.php

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