[Libloather]

Civility - does that work on gangstas?

[oldbrowser]

What happened to “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism”?

[shibumi]

"You have been fined one credit for violation of the Verbal Morality Standard."

- Demolition Man, 1994

[conservativeimage]

[chimera]

It's just leftist wordplay again. For them, it's always a one-way street. We have to be civil, while they can be as vitriolic, hateful, nasty, and unseemly as they want towards us, but we just have to sit back and take it, according to the libs. Same deal as “bipartisanship”. Liberals always means we have to go along with them (that's bipartisan), but they aren't required to go along with us, because if we ask them to, we're being “partisan”.

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

Frankly, I agree with the call for greater civility among elected and aspiring politicians.

I doubt any reasonable person expects entertainers like Rush, Hannity, Beck, etc. (or the equivalent on the left) to tone themselves down. Their ratings would drop and that is not what they get paid to do.

Rather the point is that the elected and aspiring politicians don’t get drawn into the same type of rhetorical exchange.

I do believe that Sarah Palin, as long as she allows for the possibility that she will run for elected office (and in part by virtue of already having held it) has a different responsibility than Glenn Beck - who nobody expects to attempt to try to get elected. He is an entertainer pure and simple. She is a politician. People are smart enough to differentiate.

Therefore, if Rush’s point is that to ask him and his like to be more “civil” than he is right about it being censorship. If the point is that the supposed “adults” who actually lead the country might be well advised to actually discuss things more like adults and less like middle-school children than I agree with that. I also am of the opinion that the President actually did mean to chastise both sides in this respect.

Of course I am far less to the right than many here and don’t see everything through coke bottle partisan lenses. So I am sure I will be corrected - in a civil manner of course.

[Gene Eric]

I only saw the second half of the speech which I did not care for. I hear the first part of Obama’s speech was more inline with the purpose of a memorial.

I noticed the classic preachy, disciplinary BS that included broad generalizations about the need for bipartisan civility by all Americans. He conveniently gave a pass to the instigators on the Left by lumping them in with the general population whom are without any fault whatsoever.

[government is the beast]

If politicians and government bureaucrats want civility, they need to stop attacking the Peoples liberty!

[Liberty Ship]

“A gentleman is never UNINTENTIONALLY rude.”

[DannyTN]

Crosshairs is the new swasticker

[DannyTN]

Crosshairs is the new swasticker

[PghBaldy]

Obama has a LONG history of calling for civility, while he lets his minions (and himself) continue to do attack and incite:

Gallup: 35% Think The Tone And Civility Between Dems And Republicans Has Gotten Worse Under Obama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2310567/posts

Obama pleads for civility, cooperation in politics (Barf)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2439725/posts

Obama Demands Civility But Keeps Attacking
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2443194/posts

Obama prays for civility in Washington
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2444503/posts

Victor Davis Hanson: Obama and the New Civility (Kicks butt & takes names!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2498044/posts

Obama Defends Priorities, Makes Plea for Civility [”Direct Rebuttal To ‘Tea-Party’ Activists”]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2504855/posts

[upsdriver]

Civility = bi-partisanship

Both politically correct words meaning you agree with liberals.... or else.

As with all PC terms, we have a duty to dismiss them and those who use them.