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Fraser Valley professor says politics has grown more toxic and divisive in North America

The Capitol building in Washington on a cloudy day
Ron Dart, a political science instructor at the University of the Fraser Valleys shares how political polarization is bad for democracy. Photo courtesy to Public Domain Pictures.
Surjit Atwal - CIVL - Abbotsford • BC | 03-03-2021
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A local professor believes that the lack of civil discourse can lead to the death of democracy.

Ron Dart, a political science instructor at the University of the Fraser Valley, spoke with CIVL again on why extremists on both sides of the political spectrum are a danger to our democracy. Dart says that the attack on the Washington Capitol on Jan. 6 was the right-wing version of politics that has been going on in the streets of America throughout the summer.

Dart says that one extreme begets the other, adding that extremists on both sides are the worst representation of both political viewpoints.

Here is Ron Dart speaking with CIVL:

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