This is the first in what will be an ongoing weekly series on civility. Thank you for reading, and if you feel so moved, please share — and perhaps, subscribe! We are, as a nation, in a dark and angry mood. Though the president-elect calls repeatedly for getting along, many (if not most) of the record 80 million who voted for him are either suspicious or outright contemptuous of his plea to stop treating fellow Americans as enemies. The some 73 million who voted for the incumbent are, if we are to believe the polls and the streets and the fulminations on social media, equally embittered and fearful. Biden voters are bewildered that so many voted for this president whom they consider an existential threat; Trump voters are furious at what they see as a tsunami of lies about this leader whom they admire so deeply. Gun sales have skyrocketed; serious people fret about civil war.
Civility and its Discontents: Part One
Civility and its Discontents: Part One
Civility and its Discontents: Part One
This is the first in what will be an ongoing weekly series on civility. Thank you for reading, and if you feel so moved, please share — and perhaps, subscribe! We are, as a nation, in a dark and angry mood. Though the president-elect calls repeatedly for getting along, many (if not most) of the record 80 million who voted for him are either suspicious or outright contemptuous of his plea to stop treating fellow Americans as enemies. The some 73 million who voted for the incumbent are, if we are to believe the polls and the streets and the fulminations on social media, equally embittered and fearful. Biden voters are bewildered that so many voted for this president whom they consider an existential threat; Trump voters are furious at what they see as a tsunami of lies about this leader whom they admire so deeply. Gun sales have skyrocketed; serious people fret about civil war.