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Violent and abusive language is seeping into our political debate. We have Donald Trump to blame | Paul Daley

Liberal MP Angie Bell’s rhetoric and Warren Mundine’s joke about murder at CPAC are part of a dangerous trend Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast At some point, though it’s hard to pinpoint precisely when, the language of supposedly civilised public discourse started to become imbued with a dark malevolence. Given the long history of American influence on pretty much all…

Violent and abusive language is seeping into our political debate. We have Donald Trump to blame | Paul Daley

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