Yassamin Ansari: “Political ideology has become such a major part of our…”

“But I think there's just generally a lot of violent language when utilized when talking about, like, political or ideological differences. And I think something that is a newer phenomenon in general is like, Political ideology has become such a major part of our identities. I think more so than it used to Be that's grown. Whereas, like, I don't know, in the past, I feel like there were other parts of your personality or your beliefs that were bigger parts of your identity.” (31:14–31:19)

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