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There's been a lot of lip service about "civility" from Democrat Senators and Representatives on TV and the radio over the past two days. They all seem to profess a desire to return to the days where the "climate" isn't so divisive and charged with animosity.
My question is what, if anything, will these liberals do to work towards the civility they claim they want?
Will they stop claiming that efforts to reform the failed ACA will result in "killing thousands of people"?
Will they stop claiming that conservatives are bigots/racists/xenophobes simply because they want illegal immigration addressed.
Will they stop making wild-eyes accusations of treason with no evidence whatsoever simply because they lost an election?
Will they stop encouraging their followers to "resist," to "take out Trump and company," and warning that there must be "blood in the streets"?
Will they stop violent protests that silence political speech they disagree with at colleges and universities?
Will they stop their angry and hateful rhetoric about racism and brutality committed on a systemic basis by police officers and other law enforcement officials?
My prediction is that we'll have a few days of relative quiet from the left, and then it will be back to the same all out war of rhetoric on conservatives and Republicans. And then, predictably, more violence will follow as the next unhinged Bernie supporter loses it and makes an assassination attempt or worse.
There's been a lot of lip service about "civility" from Democrat Senators and Representatives on TV and the radio over the past two days. They all seem to profess a desire to return to the days where the "climate" isn't so divisive and charged with animosity.
My question is what, if anything, will these liberals do to work towards the civility they claim they want?
Will they stop claiming that efforts to reform the failed ACA will result in "killing thousands of people"?
Will they stop claiming that conservatives are bigots/racists/xenophobes simply because they want illegal immigration addressed.
Will they stop making wild-eyes accusations of treason with no evidence whatsoever simply because they lost an election?
Will they stop encouraging their followers to "resist," to "take out Trump and company," and warning that there must be "blood in the streets"?
Will they stop violent protests that silence political speech they disagree with at colleges and universities?
Will they stop their angry and hateful rhetoric about racism and brutality committed on a systemic basis by police officers and other law enforcement officials?
My prediction is that we'll have a few days of relative quiet from the left, and then it will be back to the same all out war of rhetoric on conservatives and Republicans. And then, predictably, more violence will follow as the next unhinged Bernie supporter loses it and makes an assassination attempt or worse.
I would imagine that they will stop using inflammatory language right after the Republicans pledge to do so.
There's been a lot of lip service about "civility" from Democrat Senators and Representatives on TV and the radio over the past two days. They all seem to profess a desire to return to the days where the "climate" isn't so divisive and charged with animosity.
My question is what, if anything, will these liberals do to work towards the civility they claim they want?
Will they stop claiming that efforts to reform the failed ACA will result in "killing thousands of people"?
Will they stop claiming that conservatives are bigots/racists/xenophobes simply because they want illegal immigration addressed.
Will they stop making wild-eyes accusations of treason with no evidence whatsoever simply because they lost an election?
Will they stop encouraging their followers to "resist," to "take out Trump and company," and warning that there must be "blood in the streets"?
Will they stop violent protests that silence political speech they disagree with at colleges and universities?
Will they stop their angry and hateful rhetoric about racism and brutality committed on a systemic basis by police officers and other law enforcement officials?
My prediction is that we'll have a few days of relative quiet from the left, and then it will be back to the same all out war of rhetoric on conservatives and Republicans. And then, predictably, more violence will follow as the next unhinged Bernie supporter loses it and makes an assassination attempt or worse.
We disagree on a lot, but you bring up important questions. I don't know what the answers are, but I do know that no matter where our differences lie, I see an attack on a Senator as an attack on every American, and on America itself. We don't have to agree on everything to agree on this. I think a big first step is if we could stop seeing one another as 'the other.'
Well, you might want to stop engaging in stereotypes and starting listening to people who might have legitimate grievances with your parties policies. As shocking as it may seem, the Republicans aren't always right and don't have answers to all the countries problems. Only a few conservatives on this board seem willing to actually engage in discussions with their liberal counterparts to see if a middle ground can be reached. The rest like to hurl insults and call people everything but a child of God if they don't agree with their viewpoint. Americans have the right to disagree with a sitting president, have the right to protest policies that they deem unfair and dangerous. These rights were understood by previous administrations but it seems that Trump supporters view any disagreements with Trumps' policies as some sort of treasonous behavior.
As I've said before, your words matter. This is an open forum, anyone can read what you post here. Think about what you are posting.
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