Whether it\u2019s a mass shooting or a shooting by police, politicians sure know how to make things worse.<\/p>\n
Comedian Seth Meyers began his \u201cCloser Look\u201d series with the cover of the New York Post<\/em>, which is notorious for its inflammatory headlines. Meyers was grateful this time they went with \u201cCivil War\u201d instead of what they were probably going to use, \u201cYay, Civil War!\u201d<\/p>\n Just moments before the shooting in Dallas, the police department posted photos of how peaceful the protests were and even featured a photo of a white officer and a black officer standing with a man holding a sign reading \u201cno justice no peace.\u201d Meyers assures, \u201cthere was never a photo that friendly during the real Civil War, unless there\u2019s some Ulysses S. Grant-Robert E. Lee selfie I\u2019m unaware of.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cVitriol and inflammatory rhetoric only make it more difficult to have the kind of constructive dialogue we need right now,\u201d Meyers said. \u201cAnd while many offered calm sobering responses, others used the occasion to unfairly blame peaceful protesters or political opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n