Civility
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Spamature
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Will the GOP give back that SCOTUS seat they stole from Garland ?
Will the leaders of the GOP admit they've been lying about the election for almost 2 yrs now ?
Will the GOP come clean to the public about its plans to overthrow the election ?
If not, then why ask ?
Because those were all great and currently ongoing misdeeds carried out against the people you are asking.
Social media was the beginning of the end and there's no way of getting it back.
Now sure when or how in general. On a personal level, I believe I am pretty civil and respectful. Lotta other individuals need to make that personal choice if things are to improve.
I'm sure you are. I wasn't just talking about PJ as I'm sure Boca wasn't either.I'm doin' my damndest.
Spamature
President
I am as civil as the other poster in the discussion is.I'm doin' my damndest.
If they don't start it, it doesn't happen.
But I also consider false information to be uncivil and if I corrected that information and then see the fallacy again, I consider it an insult.
Well, boca posted here with a question that I've asked myself lately calling for civility.
That's the way I see it anyway.
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I hear you. Trying to be civil with a trump cultist is time consuming and ends up frustrating.
Plow on....
PNWest
America's BEST American: Impartial and Bipartisan
Screw all of this virtue signalling. Let's all be honest about things here. I look at all the crap that the right wingers have thrown out and then I see this nonsense about boo hoo hoo - where did all the civility go?
If you want to get it back to a civilized discussion then how about this righties - you first. Start acting in a civil manner for a while. Then see if those on the left don't follow suit.
Until then, as your God said.....
If you want to get it back to a civilized discussion then how about this righties - you first. Start acting in a civil manner for a while. Then see if those on the left don't follow suit.
Until then, as your God said.....
The only arguments I've gotten into is from folks who I would generally describe as Trump supporters. How to avoid the angry and hateful expressions from the right?
That is the question. My father-in-law is a retired Lt.Col. He'll bring what he heard from Fox News or One America News as if it were fact and any disagreement quickly becomes angry.
I'm at a loss for a solution.
TBLee
Senator
Dear lord just reading the responses makes me fearful that this is a lost cause. . This isn’t about Trump or Biden….this is about all of US having individual thoughts about our Country regardless of our political affiliation and wanting success as a Country. Name calling won’t solve a damn thing….
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RickWA
The Pissant Snagglesooth
Absence of humility and no capacity for self-reflection begets a steady stream of “it’s the other side”. Civility is difficult when it is not reciprocated. For example, I routinely (it’s almost formulaic) invoke the very specific name of “John Ashcroft” EVERY time I launch into one of my [admittedly] screeds against statists who seek to coerce mandated cultural change. I include his name as a “rightist” version of statist to accompany my observation of the lefty ones.
Without exception, the responding lefty offers no reciprocal observation. Not one. It’s not “give and take”… it’s “take and take some more”.
That said, we are indeed called to be decent, kind, and civil - whether or not it is reciprocated. We’re supposed to love our enemies. I’ve done a rather poor job of that in the online iteration of “Rick”…no doubt.
Raoul_Luke
"Wait, it's all Marxism?" "Always has been."
I think I'd trace it back to the Republicans' Clinton impeachment. You don't impeach a POTUS over a stained dress. After that, the gloves came off...
As to how we get it back, your guess is as good as mine.
As to how we get it back, your guess is as good as mine.
In that regard, I admit that I too have fallen short in my interactions with you and some others here.
RickWA
The Pissant Snagglesooth
Jack4freedom
Senator
I generally try to look for some common ground with most posters here, even those with whom I vehemently disagree with. I think that interacting with people here on the internet and not actually looking another person in the eye while conversing makes it a lot easier to be rude and insulting, especially after a few drinks.
In real life, I get along with everyone I meet personally as I can usually size someone up and realize where to and where not to go in a casual conversation. Over the years I have made it a point to learn something about every region of the US and the world in general. People like hearing positive aspects about where they live and where they are from and appreciate it when someone knows about their hood.
If someone forces me into a political conversation in a public setting I usually change the subject, especially if he or she is an obvious Trumpist or Fox News watcher. I can tell in about one phrase if that’s the case and I avoid the subject like the plague. Same with people who want to rail on about how much they hate Trump or Republucans in general as I find them boring too. Some very wise man once said something like this: “Great minds speak of ideas, average minds speak of events, tiny minds speak about people behind their backs”.....
Jack4freedom
Senator
Ok…but I suck more.
Don‘t be so hard on yourself Rick!!!
