This is wrong. The Bolsheviks - who have now successfully taken over the Democratic party - think that by bullying and shouldering folks into a ditch they can get folks to shut up and give them their way. That is what Bolsheviks do.
Being "civil" just shows, not only them, but everyone else who is on the sidelines, that they are winning and that you can't take on the bullies.
You don't respond to bullies by giving in.
‘You don’t respond to bullies by giving in.’
please elaborate...