Hate, bigotry becoming part of political ‘new normal’

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The election of Donald Trump in the U.S. can be contrast with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent re-election, both pictured at the G20 summit in July, as a symbol of the more extreme ideological posturing that’s creeping onto the political world stage, writes Srdja Pavlovic. Photograph courtesy of Bundesregierung/Bergmann

Opinion

BY SRDJA PAVLOVIC

November 8, 2017

Over the last several decades, we have pushed the boundaries of political and ideological extreme. What was unacceptable yesterday has become the new normal today, and the very notion of extremism has been redefined. The election of Donald Trump in the United States and the German neo-Nazi party, A...

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