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Revved-up political rhetoric is always with us, says Cassandra Dahnke, co-founder of the Institute for Civility in Government, a nonpartisan group that stages civility workshops and leads student field trips to Washington.

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"Some find in civility merit," Dahnke says, "others find weakness and/or political correctness."

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There may be a combination of factors that have contributed to this change, Dahnke suggests, including the unending airing of grievances on websites and the kind of open hostility that now sometimes gets expressed at congressional town hall meetings - leading to fewer town hall meetings being held.

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Dahnke says, We aren't expecting people to always agree, nor would we want them to be anything less than passionate about their positions.

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Brewer's behavior may have been unplanned and represent only an isolated moment, but it also may speak to a larger erosion of social norms, suggests Cassandra Dahnke, co-founder of the Institute for Civility in Politics in Houston, which offers civility training to students and others.

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There may be a combination of factors that have contributed to this change, Dahnke suggests, including the unending airing of grievances on websites and the kind of open hostility that now sometimes gets expressed at congressional town hall meetings - leading to fewer town hall meetings being held.

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"With congressional approval ratings so low, people feel like they don't respect the Congress, so they're going to communicate that," Dahnke says.

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Brewer's behavior may have been unplanned and represent only an isolated moment, but it also may speak to a larger erosion of social norms, suggests Cassandra Dahnke, co-founder of the Institute for Civility in Politics in Houston, which offers civility training to students and others.

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"With congressional approval ratings so low, people feel like they don't respect the Congress, so they're going to communicate that," Dahnke says.

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Dahnke says she is "grateful that the country continues to grapple with civility and its relative importance to life in the public square."

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