over the top. all sides need to agree the climate has been calamitous and words have consequences. many said on wednesday that the baseball field shooting will be a game changer, no pun intended. that would be nice, but pardon my pessimism. six years ago congresswoman gabrielle giffords was shot outside a safe way in arizona, and similar sentiments were said, but nothing changed. that's partly due to the fact there are many factors driving our discourse. institutional factors that need fixing or nothing will change. sure, it begins with the politicians, but the way we select those individuals limits the candidate pool. the role of dark money, closed primaries, gerrymandering, self sorting, and outsided role of media personalities rewarded for bomb bas, not substance. their livelihoods depend on foe meanting division, not diplomacy. don't come looking to them to lead. while we seek to reign in the