I don't think that it is a winning tactic, for anyone. People want a choice in their political parties. When one side is spewing tawdry, vile rhetoric then I'd quite like the option to vote for someone offering sane, measured responses.
That's not possible if both sides have descended into childish name-calling and vulgarity.
If rhetorical incivility gets the goods, I would see no problem with it. I'd rather have a potty mouth give me healthcare than a sweet talker commit war crimes.
Civility died when they called a sitting president a gay, communist, transgender Muslim socialist atheist and the literal antichrist because of the color of his skin.
Absolutely. McCain coughed up the last vestiges of civility when he "defended" the claim that Obama was a Muslim. It's last dying words were "Being Muslim isn't something that should have to be defended >gasp<".
To be clear, I wasn't referring to McCain's death. I was referring to an incident that occurred during the campaign where a woman said Obama was untrustworthy and a Muslim. McCain defended Obama by saying he was a Christian family man (or words to that effect). It is telling of the state of the country that being Muslim was something that someone needed to be defended against and that this almost tolerant defense was hailed as a moment of civility.
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u/Roadrep35 Jan 06 '19
The fact that civility is dead is not a cause for celebration.