Normal Contestation Threatens Democracy
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•When Everything Is a Threat to Democracy, Nothing Is
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Both major parties have claimed that American democracy is being attacked and undermined.
Writers: Politicians are blurring distinction between genuine threats to democracy and policy positions they oppose.
They say it's normal for people to disagree on issues of public policy, but attacks on the system are real threats.
Democracy's great strength is that it’s the only political system that allows citizens to work out their differences peacefully.
Those who lose elections don’t get the chance to implement their policy agenda, but they can still seek compromise.
Conflating policy differences as threats to the fabric of the country adds to public misunderstanding about democracy, authors say.
U.S. has overcome enormous obstacles to freedom and potent challenges to its survival over the past two and a half centuries .
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