RE: Civility
November 18, 2018 at 7:14 pm
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2018 at 7:50 pm by Belacqua.
Edit Reason: obscenity alert
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(November 18, 2018 at 6:37 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: There is generally little to do with honesty when it comes to asking for civility, for that matter.
I'm pretty sure (if I'm reading my own feelings accurately) that when I ask for civility I'm not asking to abandon honesty.
I want to hear: "I disagree with you for these three reasons:_____" and not, "Go and die you [edited to read: unpleasant dolt]." I wouldn't even call the latter response honest -- just a kind of phatic burst.