Shock at Trump Shooting Prompts World Calls to End Polarization
- Recent years have seen a disturbing rise in political violence
- From Khan to Fico, rhetoric and social media played a role
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Alongside the shock and outrage expressed at the attempt on Donald Trump’s life, another message ran through the many statements by world leaders: that something has to change.
From Abraham Lincoln to Shinzo Abe, political assassinations are nothing new: The 1960s in the US alone saw the slayings of two Kennedys, civil rights champion Martin Luther King and Black activist Malcolm X. But there’s also no denying that the rising polarization witnessed globally today is reaching its ultimate conclusion in the form of acts of violence.