Human Nature

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It seems to me that people have been given a type of permission to let their negative sides show...thanks in large part to Trump not only saying the quiet things out loud but also by encouraging it.

What seems to be dying is civility.  There was a time, not that long ago, that other than the most hateful among us knew to tone it down.  Now, the bigger bigot you are the louder you can scream it from the rooftops.

I have lived from the free love times to the hate is the answer time...and I don't like it one little bit.

I weep for the death of civility. In my own small way, I fight it - I call out public rudeness whenever I see it. People who scream at cashier, or are rude to the wait staff, or don’t seem to understand how act in public generally get a lesson in basic behaviour.

Sadly, I can’t recommend that everyone do this. Fortunately, I’m big enough and menacing-looking enough to get away with it.

Boru