Civility

CajunCrimson said:

He's got dickeydoo disease....

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Actually, I think a much better microcosm of why Trump won is how we learned last week Trump is caging children, and the media's top focus one week later is whether liberals protesting it are being too rude.

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Chukker Veteran said:

I saw a tweet I thought was relevant to this discussion...in discussing the media's failure to stop with the "both sides" trope...

Posted by somebody named Matthew Chapman:

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92tide said:

calling them cages is mean and presumptuous. they are dormitories with see through walls.

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Bazza said:

I don't know, CC. The bottom line is you can't change the spots on a leopard.

But at least you can discuss how to manage the leopard to mitigate harm to others.

The leopard of course is political discourse.

I still do not understand why someone feels it necessary to attack someone because of what they say - instead of commenting on the subject at hand.

Being angry is not an excuse for poor etiquette.

And poor etiquette is never productive for discussion.

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92tide said:

yes, how do we manage this leopard

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Bazza said:

Being angry is not an excuse for poor etiquette.

And poor etiquette is never productive for discussion.

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Bazza said:

Exercise your right to vote......get involved in voter registration in your town.......and try participating in discussions formulated to discuss issues....rather than just to attack others with whom your opinion differs.

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Intl.Aperture said:

But see, while I agree with you, this is just a diversionary tactic. It's just another version "But they do it!"

It would serve Republicans well to unanimously condemn Trump's rhetoric, but pointing out his bad behavior rather than addressing one's own (not saying you specifically) is not an argument.

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Bazza said:

Exercise your right to vote......get involved in voter registration in your town.......and try participating in discussions formulated to discuss issues....rather than just to attack others with whom your opinion differs.

I'm sure there are more ways - those are just off the top of my head.

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CharminTide said:

In fairness, it's hard to have a discussion about putting toddlers in cages when the other side simultaneously refuses to either defend or condemn the action. Because we've tried that here.

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92tide said:

those things are not mutually exclusive.

how about you stop lecturing people on the need to be "civil"

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Bazza said:

Why is it important to you that someone condemns or defends a particular policy?

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CharminTide said:

Seriously? You're the one pleading for "discussions formulated to discuss issues" here.

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