“He learned, to his amazement, that modern members of Congress spend about 27 percent of the time just taunting each other.

“It’s jarring and surprising,” said Prof. Gary King, an expert in using computers to find patterns in large amounts of data. And, King said, probably counterproductive if we want Congress’s members to trust one another enough to make deals.”

27% of communication by members of Congress is taunting, professor concludes - The Washington Post

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    This doesn’t surprise me at all. Anyone ever watch CSPAN? TBH, the US Congress is actually probably the most civilized...
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    I thought this was from The Onion but it’s not.
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    Try the Houses of Parliament - waving order papers and ripping each other apart with scything comments whose underlying...
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