Oh, it's courtesy you want? Now?

[kpete]

It’s a bit late for that. Not only has the far right engaged in and valorized disrespectful political discourse for many years, it has of late openly called for political violence, to the roar of cheering crowds. It has also not just embraced Nazis, it has nominated them to represent its party. It has howled at imagined disrespect when a football player takes a knee, after having engaged in the better part of a decade’s worth of promoting false and odious claims about a president it loathed. If you wanted courtesy, the bridge at your back is still on fire, much of it still glowing white-hot.

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It was never about ‘civility’, and it’s not now.

Instead, you’re demanding consent, for behavior your critics don’t want to consent to. You’re demanding silence in the face of what others see as objectionable behavior. You want your agenda to see no pushback, no protest, no objections. Tacit endorsement. Validation.

Well, you’re not going to get any of those things. What you’re getting, instead, is the same sort of behavior you’ve engaged in for the better part of a decade. You’re now going to reap the whirlwind. You’ve taught liberals that silence means consent, and you withheld yours (and your civility) for years. Welcome to the new normal, now that liberals have decided to stop turning the other cheek and to emulate your own behaviors.



Way More Rant!
the rest:

https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-far-left-have-so-much-trouble-speaking-courteously-with-and-debating-hot-political-topics-with-the-far-right/answer/Chris-Joosse

[Sherman A1]

1. I continue to believe that civility is still the path forward

As to what the Right chooses to do, that is their business, but I feel that the message becomes lost in the noise of the insulting speech and it simply becomes a case of yelling at one another rather than at least trying to talk about the issues with one another.

I am sure there are those who will not agree with me and that is certainly their choice, but I fail to see how devolving into what is essentially a screaming match makes anything better.

[WhiteTara]

2. Does civility equal neutrality?

Does civility mean that you demur when someone is murdered in front of you?

Please define what you believe civility to be. Thanks