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Cynthia Tucker explains the zeitgeist: Average Americans, normally sober-minded citizens, came undone over exaggerated threats and imagined enemies; rallied here by the thousands to “restore honor”; and denounced mosques, minority rights and the 14th Amendment — all the while demanding strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution. Our long, hot summer needed another ingredient to induce [...]