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The Negative Consequences of Uncivil Political Discourse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2012

L. Sandy Maisel
L. Sandy Maisel
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Colby College
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Congressman Alan West (R-FL) passed the incivility duck test when he described his fellow Floridian Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) as “the most vile, unprofessional and despicable member of the House of Representatives.” That read like incivility, sounded like incivility, and was universally interpreted to be uncivil, thus it probably was.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , July 2012 , pp. 405 - 411
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2012

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