As incivility hits new depths, many are working to combat it

[Moonglow]

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[Moonglow]

When Trump's first campaign rally came to Bangor, there were supporters and also Hillary and Bernie supporters outside. No fights. Some supporters went across the street and had one on one discussions with Hillary supporters in a completely civil way. I saw it; I know it is true. One thing that helped, I think, is that a few of our politicians came and spoke to the crowds prior to the rally, reminding them that they are all neighbors, all Mainers, and each of them has the right to make up their own mind.
I'm surprised an entire generation has to be retaught respecting another's right to a different opinion, but I'm glad it's happening.
The best line on SNL last night was when "Jeff Sessions" pointed to his ears and said "These are just decorative." It's pretty profound--not against Sessions personally, but about all of us who can only hear our own opinions.

Please tell us how many Bernie and Hillary rallies were heckled, shut down and harassed by the right? SNL has turned into a hatefest and it does illustrate my point. Ugly personal insults have become humor for the left.

You must have been blind during Oblama's administration...The right was not only uncivil they were armed and revolting..

 

[imawhosure]

As incivility hits new depths, many are working to combat it

Thanks for posting this.

At Unity College in Maine, one of several civility initiatives aims to improve discourse at the person-to-person level. President Melik Khoury, who established a campus commission to ensure inclusivity and free expression, also made students a special offer: He'd pay for them to dine with someone they don't know in an effort to foster dialogue between people of different points of view, such as avid hunters and devoted environmentalists. A handful of students so far have taken up the offer.

"We cannot stop talking," Khoury said. "We cannot be disunited."

That last sentence is the key. There is virtually no constructive communication at this point. Look at this board, which sadly is a reflection of what's happening in society: Civil, curious, mature discourse is by far in the minority. I wish these folks well, and I hope they can help to create some momentum. This is a nightmare, and we should be better than this.
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Mac, the lynchpin is the media for your wish to come true. How can Democrats in society want to work with Trump when they are "heavily suggested to" that he is a Russian agent!

How can Republicans want to work with Democrats when the media has made them seem like they all want to stop blue collar jobs because of the environment?

Now I urge people to look up both entities to see how many from either party have actually taken this stance on either position.

That is correct, not to many. The media needs political intrigue to keep them relevant and everyone running to check the latest news. ALL media it seems have let us down, along with far wings of both entities. It is a shame, it really is. So much deflection from both sides to create controversy so that neither side focuses on what is most important to all Americans.

As a wise military person explained to me----> if you are in a war in foxhole by yourself under fire, and 20 military people jump into that foxhole with you after dusk surprising you, who do you want them to be? 20 jihadists? 20 Syrians? 20 Russians? 20 Chinese? Or 20 Americans from the opposite political party than you are!

See, we are all in this together. And if you picked any other group than your fellow Americans, maybe you better re-evaluate your thought process, and how far off the rails reality has left your consciousness!


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[Mac1958]

As incivility hits new depths, many are working to combat it

Thanks for posting this.

At Unity College in Maine, one of several civility initiatives aims to improve discourse at the person-to-person level. President Melik Khoury, who established a campus commission to ensure inclusivity and free expression, also made students a special offer: He'd pay for them to dine with someone they don't know in an effort to foster dialogue between people of different points of view, such as avid hunters and devoted environmentalists. A handful of students so far have taken up the offer.

"We cannot stop talking," Khoury said. "We cannot be disunited."

That last sentence is the key. There is virtually no constructive communication at this point. Look at this board, which sadly is a reflection of what's happening in society: Civil, curious, mature discourse is by far in the minority. I wish these folks well, and I hope they can help to create some momentum. This is a nightmare, and we should be better than this.
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Mac, the lynchpin is the media for your wish to come true. How can Democrats in society want to work with Trump when they are "heavily suggested to" that he is a Russian agent!

How can Republicans want to work with Democrats when the media has made them seem like they all want to stop blue collar jobs because of the environment?

Now I urge people to look up both entities to see how many from either party have actually taken this stance on either position.

That is correct, not to many. The media needs political intrigue to keep them relevant and everyone running to check the latest news. ALL media it seems have let us down, along with far wings of both entities. It is a shame, it really is. So much deflection from both sides to create controversy so that neither side focuses on what is most important to all Americans.

As a wise military person explained to me----> if you are in a war in foxhole by yourself under fire, and 20 military people jump into that foxhole with you after dusk surprising you, who do you want them to be? 20 jihadists? 20 Syrians? 20 Russians? 20 Chinese? Or 20 Americans from the opposite political party than you are!

See, we are all in this together. And if you picked any other group than your fellow Americans, maybe you better re-evaluate your thought process, and how far off the rails reality has left your consciousness!


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At some point, someone from one "side" will have to rise above this nastiness and reach out. If they get their face slapped, they'll have to reach out again until it works.

I'm not a big Bible guy, but I'm pretty sure there's stuff about that idea in that book.
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[mamooth]

Oh, look. The hyper-PC incivility police are out. These days, it's not PC at all to point out that conservative liars are lying.

Of course, eight years of the worst sleaze imaginable flung at Obama, of Tea Partiers shutting down every town hall with screaming, that was of no concern at all to the incivility police. They're only suddenly getting the vapors about it now.

So what's the real story? It's a backhanded attempt at censorship by conservatives. The Trump-snowflakes can't handle the truth being told about them, so they're trying to silence it by crying about how "uncivil" it is.

 

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[PoliticalChic]

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As incivility hits new depths, many are working to combat it

NEW YORK (AP) — In state capitals, lawmakers attend workshops on how to avoid demonizing their opponents. On a college campus, students re-enact hard-fought debates that led to great compromises at the country's founding. Even a summer camp is aiming to give children the tools to show respect in the face of disagreement.

Americans alarmed and disheartened by a coarsened culture and incivility in politics — especially following a brutal presidential campaign season that bared new lows in both — are fighting back with a range of initiatives around the U.S. to restore some semblance of decorum.

"It's incumbent on us to be the adults who push back against what we're getting in the popular culture and the political rhetoric," said Mary Evins, who directs the American Democracy Project for Civil Learning at Middle Tennessee State University. That's where students have staged classroom role-plays of compromises from the 1787 Constitutional Convention, assuming the parts of the Founding Fathers to act out the give-and-take required to reach agreement on crucial but difficult decisions, such as how large and small states would share power.

"There's so many people with a difference of opinion," said Brendon Holloway, who participated in various Democracy Project initiatives at Middle Tennessee State, including voter registration drives. "It's really important to bridge the gap."...

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Even as polls find Americans say a civil tone in candidates is an important factor in how they vote, surveys have also shown people more accepting of personal attacks in politics. A poll by Zogby commissioned by Allegheny College in October found in the six years since its previous survey, significantly more people viewed it as acceptable to interrupt, shout over, belittle, insult, personally attack, or question the patriotism of those with differing opinions. Respondents also have grown more accepting of commenting on another's sexual orientation, race or ethnicity.

Fewer people even believe elected officials should pursue friendships with members of other parties: 56 percent in the more recent survey compared with 85 percent in 2010.

"If this incivility continues, we're going to lose a generation to politics," said Jim Mullen, president of Allegheny, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. "And that's a very dangerous thing for our democracy."...

Hilarious. After 8 years of Obama and SJW's, Donald Trump is the hero America deserves. Small sample of videos from my collection of videos, which I think partially illustrates why Donald Trump won and why he will win again in 2020.

"Some of the principles Parini laid out in his statement include:

Only through the contest of clashing viewpoints do we have any hope of replacing mere opinion with knowledge.

The incivility and coarseness that characterize so much of American politics and culture cannot justify a response of incivility and coarseness on the college campus.

Exposure to controversial points of view does not constitute violence.

A protest that prevents campus speakers from communicating with their audience is a coercive act.

Parini said he was "distressed by the unwillingness of students to hear from opposing views."

People are fed up with the coarseness of discourse in the United States, he added, calling the context of his petition "enlightenment values."
'This Is Free Speech 101': Professor 'Horrified' After Campus Speaker Silenced

 

[owebo]

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You fascist democrats...

Where you forced to marry your cousin or did you just want to?

See...

 

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