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Not all calls for unity are the same.

Political violence must never be normalized. But this doesn't mean we should bite our tongues in the face of injustice and attacks on democracy.

Adam Serwer had important things to say about this in 2019.

"There are two definitions of civility. The first is not being an asshole. The second is 'I can do what I want and you can shut up.' The latter definition currently dominates American political discourse."

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/adam-serwer-civility/600784/

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