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Hilary Mantel: I do think the level of public debate is debased...what appals me is that people mistake this constant storm of trivial abuse for some kind of freedom … Its not. Its actually a huge distraction of the bread and circuses variety. To a large extent proper civic engagement, community engagement, proper political debate and activism has been replaced by this. By illogic. By platitudes. And actually a lot of it is just abuse and bullying. Theres a nasty, narrow little conformism. And people are afraid, quite understandably, to differ from the norm. I think its a very sad state of affairs.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 22:13:48 +0000

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