[Fiji Hill]

Have you noticed that people don’t treat one another with the same level of respect and civility that they once did? Everywhere I look, people are treating one another badly, and this should greatly alarm all of us.

But to back up this argument, the article focuses on the horrors of San Francisco, New York City and Chicago and concludes, "that's what America has become." But San Francisco, New York City and Chicago are not America.

[metmom]

But they are indicators that we need to take seriously and keep our eyes on.