"Civility"

[Spamature]

This word has been getting used a lot lately, and more and more, I'm getting the feeling that a lot of people don't understand what it really is, and why it's important.
Let's try something;
"A healthy and functional society values "civility" because _________ ??

Fill in the blank folks, I want your input.

I had never witnessed a POTUS who pitted one faction of the country against another for political gain and personal enjoyment before Trump.

Do you think that what he is doing promotes healthy and functional societal values ?

 

[ObamacareForever]

Yeah, who needs other customers right?
In any case, your right to 'free speech' does not trump (yeah, I went there) my right to eat in peace.

It literally does. And there is no reason to put free speech in quotes.
In any case politicians showing their face a restaurant means they will lose half their customers.

 

[freyasman]

"Civility" AKA: "manners" is a way of minimizing violence..... the more violent the society, the more obvious and important the displays of respect for others will be, and the more immediate, vicious, and bloody, the consequences for failing to mind your manners will be.

People who dismiss the importance of "civility" in our society are comfortable with that society getting violent..... really violent.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

It literally does. And there is no reason to put free speech in quotes.

No, it literally does not. Even the notoriously liberal Huffington Post will tell you that.
Here...

The ACLU says... "Political protesters have the right to picket, to distribute literature, to chant and to engage passersby in debate. But they do not have the right to block building entrances or to physically harass people."

I'd be happy to cite more examples if you are incapable or unwilling to do your own research.

Also, stop infringing on my right to free speech. If I want to put free speech in quotes, I will put 'free speech' in quotes.

 

[ObamacareForever]

No, it literally does not. Even the notoriously liberal Huffington Post will tell you that.
Here...

The ACLU says... "Political protesters have the right to picket, to distribute literature, to chant and to engage passersby in debate. But they do not have the right to block building entrances or to physically harass people."

I'd be happy to cite more examples if you are incapable or unwilling to do your own research.

Also, stop infringing on my right to free speech. If I want to put free speech in quotes, I will put 'free speech' in quotes.

Yelling at people inside a restaurant is not physically harassing anyone.

 

[ObamacareForever]

"Civility" AKA: "manners" is a way of minimizing violence..... the more violent the society, the more obvious and important the displays of respect for others will be, and the more immediate, vicious, and bloody, the consequences for failing to mind your manners will be.

People who dismiss the importance of "civility" in our society are comfortable with that society getting violent..... really violent.

Nope, if someone is rude it is not an excuse to use violence.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

Yelling at people inside a restaurant is not physically harassing anyone.

How about putting your fingers in their salad, or taking their food and giving it to another diner, as some dems are suggesting they will do???

 

[freyasman]

Nope, if someone is rude it is not an excuse to use violence.

I didn't say it was. Re-read, and try to understand what I am saying, will you?

 

[MrMike]

This word has been getting used a lot lately, and more and more, I'm getting the feeling that a lot of people don't understand what it really is, and why it's important.
Let's try something;
"A healthy and functional society values "civility" because _________ ??

Fill in the blank folks, I want your input.

Hillary went on record (on video) saying that "civility" could return if the Left wins control of Congress in the midterms.

That's pretty damn f-d up...

 

[ObamacareForever]

I didn't say it was. Re-read, and try to understand what I am saying, will you?

You think more people will respond with violence to rudeness.
I disagree. People know they can not respond with violence without being arrested.
They will respond with more rudeness. People don't think Republican are very polite. People think Donald Trump doesn't have any manners. And they deal in kind.

 

[freyasman]

You think more people will respond with violence to rudeness.
I disagree. People know they can not respond with violence without being arrested.
They will respond with more rudeness. People don't think Republican are very polite. People think Donald Trump doesn't have any manners. And they deal in kind.

Okay, you might be too simple to understand what I'm talking about.

 

[ObamacareForever]

Okay, you might be too simple to understand what I'm talking about.

Or your writing is just too poor to convey your message.

 

[freyasman]

Or your writing is just too poor to convey your message.

Could be, anything is possible....

Have you ever spent any time in a violent environment? Or a violent sub-culture?

 

[ObamacareForever]

Have you ever spent any time in a violent environment? Or a violent sub-culture?

Probably not anything you would consider violent.

 

[freyasman]

Probably not anything you would consider violent.

I figured. Because if you ever had, you wouldn't have any trouble understanding.

 

[marvin martian]

Yelling at people inside a restaurant is not physically harassing anyone.

When you're to the left of HuffPo and the ACLU, you need to seriously rethink your positions.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

You think more people will respond with violence to rudeness.
I disagree. People know they can not respond with violence without being arrested.
They will respond with more rudeness. People don't think Republican are very polite. People think Donald Trump doesn't have any manners. And they deal in kind.

Point 1: Tell that to Scalise.
Point 2: No, rude and unintelligent Dems don't think Republicans are very polite.

 

[ObamacareForever]

Point 1: Tell that to Scalise.
Point 2: No, rude and unintelligent Dems don't think Republicans are very polite.

Calling democrats rude and unintelligent isn't very polite, now is it?

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

Calling democrats rude and unintelligent isn't very polite, now is it?

Did I say ALL, or even MOST?

If I say 'rude and unintelligent Dems', then it applies to the rude and unintelligent ones only.

Chip on your shoulder much?

 

[ObamacareForever]

Did I say ALL, or even MOST?

If I say 'rude and unintelligent Dems', then it applies to the rude and unintelligent ones only.

Chip on your shoulder much?

I just despise the hypocrisy on the issue. Republicans conveniently forgot how pissed off they were from 2009-2017. Now they want to hold Democrats to a higher standard than they held themselves.