Civility Can Begin Again As Long As The Left Is In Control...

[DamnYankee]

Civility will begin when the extremists on both sides stop being the face of our two parties. As loathsome as they are at least there is a chance at a parlay between the center right and center left....

What's a extremist conservative? Someone who really, really, supports limited responsible gov't, reasonable taxes, freedom, and liberty? lol

 

[DamnYankee]

You know, I was once a republican and believed the BS you are spewing.

Now, if I believe half of what repubs say about dems, I would still be one.


You've been conned. The only ones robbing americans of their labor are republicans.

I'm not a GOP'er, I'm conservative.

I'm also suspicious of your claim, no offense.

I was never a leftist, liberal, or whatever name you want to call them. And I am glad.

 

[ThoughtEx.]

I believe you are a classic example of incivility, and it doesn't surprise me. Everyday you people are proving to normal America how hateful you truly are.

Yes I am being uncivil to you and to others like you. And I want Trump supporters to know that I hate them. Like really hate them. That's why I say things like, I literally hate Trump supporters. This does make a hateful person. That is true. But it does not mean my hate is without merit.

This campaign to get Trumps detractors to behave more civilly, while him and his supporters are just about as uncivil as a person can get. Is just straight up bull****. I'm not buying it. And anyone with an IQ in the double digits shouldn't buy it either.

I will not play by a different set of rules, and grant an advantage when the stakes are this high.

**** Trump. **** all his Supporters. I don't care who thinks lesser of me for that sentiment. **** them as well.

Got it? Good.

 

[ultmd]

You ought to read Kirsten Powers, The Silencing.
Even you would be in for a rude awakening.
To our nation's men, "Shut up, and Stand up!" proves my point.
To our nation's rule of law... The illiberal Democratic Party and their delusional minions would have us believe that "I believe her" trumps the presumption of innocence.

Gee, that was easy.
Thanks for stopping by...

:lamo
I think it's hilarious when you get all "self-congratulatory" after posting a bunch of extraneous, irrelevant non-sequiturs in response to simple, direct questions and challenges on this board.

But you were asked to prove your earlier arguments. And you failed, laughably.

 

[ultmd]

of the House and/or Senate, according to Globalist Granny. Otherwise forget it, no civility, the left will be as scummy as ever.

https://www.breitbart.com/video/201...t-again-if-democrats-win-house-and-or-senate/

Why do you keep posting threads about "civility"....and then fill them up with the same ignorant, dishonest, empty-headed, inflammatory insults about "the left"?

You and your ilk don't want "civility" or "tolerance". Your every word and action proves that to the world around you. What you people want is compliance and acceptance. That's why you whine and whimper and play the same white victimhood game, every time someone criticizes you and your ideology.

 

[Xelor]

Civility in American politics? There's no such thing, ever in American history.

If your definition of "civility in politics" requires an abjurance of invective and aspersions, well, yes, American politics has never been civil. If instead "civility in politics" to you means that, after an election, people amicably and collaboratively interact to follow, design, effect and enforce public policy, we have a long history of civility in politics.

[John Adams has a] hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.
-- Thomas Jefferson, The Prospect Before Us
​

Jefferson's epithet is hardly a kind thing to say of another, but at least the aspersion is decorous; lacking vulgar innuendo and insult, it can't be called boorish and banal, which is about what we see/hear from contemporary pols.

 

[noonereal]

Civility will resume again when individuals who are willing to be uncivil are consigned to ignominy.

Quite literally, there is no idea that cannot be civilly expressed, yet we've, as a nation, forborn just about any form of incivility that cads and boors can muster...And for what?

Be egalitarian regarding persons. Be elitist regarding ideas.
-- Peter Kreeft​

it's called "Trumpism"

It has nothing to do with the left or right or who is in power

 

[noonereal]

Again, you're here talking about civility....until Trump is not civil, then you cheer. Civility is a two way street.

He and the rest of the brood love the lack of civility hence his inciting post and the broods inciting actions.

 

[trixare4kids]

:lamo
I think it's hilarious when you get all "self-congratulatory" after posting a bunch of extraneous, irrelevant non-sequiturs in response to simple, direct questions and challenges on this board.

But you were asked to prove your earlier arguments. And you failed, laughably.

Judging by a couple of the nastier responses on the thread, I know in fact I proved my point. I laugh at how the Trump and Kavanaugh haters think that the sham the Senate Democrats pulled helped them in any way... They didn't get the NO vote and they didn't get Trump's recent approval rating uptick either.

 

[DamnYankee]

He and the rest of the brood love the lack of civility hence his inciting post and the broods inciting actions.

DJT hasn't said anything uncivil that the person did not deserve. The left's problem begins when they dish it out, but can't take it.

Like I keep saying, leftists never know when to shut up.

 

[Mr Person]

of the House and/or Senate, according to Globalist Granny. Otherwise forget it, no civility, the left will be as scummy as ever.

https://www.breitbart.com/video/201...t-again-if-democrats-win-house-and-or-senate/

^
He says, in a typically stupid and dishonest rantpost, utterly oblivious to the fact that the GOP took and permanently stuck to the low road in 2007 once it looked like Obama might win.



You have absolutely nothing to say about "civility". At this point, if you get it, it will come from someone's overwhelming desire to do the right thing. But you shouldn't really expected it anymore after you behavior over the last 10+ years. You need to spend a good long time earning back the right to demand civility.

 

[Nickyjo]

Leftists care about imposing full on socialism on the nation.

++ The ACA is full on socialism?

Leftists care about forced compliance.

++ With the law. It’s the way countries work.

Leftist care about open borders.

++ Obama was known as the “deporter in chief” for his record. The recent border issue, if that’s what you refer to, was about Trump/Sessions breaking the law on the border with respect to asylum seekers.

Leftists care about robbing Americans of their labor.

++ The left believes in tax and spend, the right in spend but don’t tax.

So yes, destroying what the far leftist radicals care about is good for the nation. Otherwise we have totalitarian leftists persecuting every group they see as a threat.

Oh, lighten up! The left in this country is tame compared to elsewhere.

 

[Tanngrisnir]

DJT hasn't said anything uncivil that the person did not deserve. The left's problem begins when they dish it out, but can't take it.

Like I keep saying, leftists never know when to shut up.

Everything's more fun in Upside-Down Opposite Land!

 

[Cardinal]

Leftists? Or GOP'ers?



You obviously didn't understand what I said, so here it is again: The worse GOP'er, is still better than any leftist. That's how low my opinion is of the left.

Just checking. Now that we know that you hold a pedophile in higher regard than a liberal whose worst offense is a parking ticket, we can all rest easy knowing your opinion has no value.

 

[noonereal]

DJT hasn't said anything uncivil that the person did not deserve. .

I am sick of this self serving nonsense.

I want a return to majority rule.

It's bad enough I have to pay your welfare but now you also want to tell me how to live.

 

[noonereal]

Leftists? Or GOP'ers?



You obviously didn't understand what I said, so here it is again: The worse GOP'er, is still better than any leftist. That's how low my opinion is of the left.

You strike me as a "real American." A true christian.

God Bless.

 

[RileyCoyote]

So Roy Moore, the guy who diddled teenagers, is better than a liberal whose worst offense is a parking ticket?

Yes. Islamic terrorists aren't even as bad as American liberals.

 

[PirateMk1]

If your definition of "civility in politics" requires an abjurance of invective and aspersions, well, yes, American politics has never been civil. If instead "civility in politics" to you means that, after an election, people amicably and collaboratively interact to follow, design, effect and enforce public policy, we have a long history of civility in politics.

[John Adams has a] hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.
-- Thomas Jefferson, The Prospect Before Us
​

Jefferson's epithet is hardly a kind thing to say of another, but at least the aspersion is decorous; lacking vulgar innuendo and insult, it can't be called boorish and banal, which is about what we see/hear from contemporary pols.

Our politics as been relatively peaceful yes that I agree on, civilized never. Note that I say relatively peaceful.

Jefferson and Adams were just getting started. Boorish and banal and vulgar innuendo are hallmarks of American politics.

That election made 2016 look tame. You want to see vulgar look at the Jackson, Quincy Adams contest, we may as well had a cage match to elect the president. They took smack talking to levels that aren't really seen today. Its definitely a lost artform for most. I love it when people refer to our history and how so much better things were in politics. Its like zapping baby seals with a cattle prod. :lol: Fun on a bun baby.

 

[Xelor]

Our politics as been relatively peaceful yes that I agree on, civilized never. Note that I say relatively peaceful.

Jefferson and Adams were just getting started. Boorish and banal and vulgar innuendo are hallmarks of American politics.

That election made 2016 look tame. You want to see vulgar look at the Jackson, Quincy Adams contest, we may as well had a cage match to elect the president. They took smack talking to levels that aren't really seen today. Its definitely a lost artform for most. I love it when people refer to our history and how so much better things were in politics. Its like zapping baby seals with a cattle prod. :lol: Fun on a bun baby.

Red:
Fine, but as I asked implicitly:

• Is one or more of those qualities inextricable from "incivility in politics?"
• Does your definition of "civility in politics" require an abjurance of invective and aspersions? If so, of whom is such required?

 

[Rexedgar]

Red:
Fine, but as I asked implicitly:

• Is one or more of those qualities inextricable from "incivility in politics?"
• Does your definition of "civility in politics" require an abjurance of invective and aspersions? If so, of whom is such required?

Is there another way you can use this word?

 

[Xelor]

Is there another way you can use this word?

???

It's a noun created by adding the "ance" suffix to the verb "abjure." One can use it in the same ways one uses any other noun, which is to say as the subject of an independent/dependent clause or as an object of a verb or preposition. And, yes, I'm capable of using it in each of those ways.

 

[Rexedgar]

???

It's a noun created by adding the "ance" suffix to the verb "abjure." One can use it in the same ways one uses any other noun, which is to say as the subject of an independent/dependent clause or as an object of a verb or preposition. And, yes, I'm capable of using it in each of those ways.

Is there a source that defines “abjurance?”


Only noun I can find of “abjure” is “abjurer?”

 

[Tanngrisnir]

Yes. Islamic terrorists aren't even as bad as American liberals.

Hey, Trin, what's up?

 

[DamnYankee]

You strike me as a "real American." A true christian.

God Bless.

I'm basically an everyday American.

 

[RileyCoyote]

Hey, Trin, what's up?

?Que?