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Civility
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RE: Civility
(November 17, 2018 at 9:47 pm)Belaqua Wrote: 3) Insults shut down discussion, they don't accomplish anything but a tiny personal catharsis. In general, they dumb things down.

This is the main reason for me. I enjoy good trash talking and I swear like a sailor (not proud of it, but it's true). But good trash talking goes along with the discussion. The incivility we've seen here lately is generally intended to shut down the discussion.
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Civility - by Belacqua - November 17, 2018 at 9:47 pm
RE: Civility - by Catholic_Lady - November 17, 2018 at 10:53 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 6:02 am
RE: Civility - by Whateverist - November 18, 2018 at 8:58 am
RE: Civility - by Whateverist - November 17, 2018 at 11:06 pm
RE: Civility - by John V - November 18, 2018 at 6:47 am
RE: Civility - by A Theist - November 18, 2018 at 6:33 pm
RE: Civility - by Fireball - November 18, 2018 at 11:40 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 12:23 am
RE: Civility - by Fireball - November 19, 2018 at 12:36 am
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 12:52 am
RE: Civility - by Fireball - November 19, 2018 at 1:23 am
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 6:57 am
RE: Civility - by Angrboda - November 19, 2018 at 9:10 am
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 7:12 pm
RE: Civility - by Neo-Scholastic - November 19, 2018 at 9:44 am
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 18, 2018 at 6:37 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 7:14 pm
RE: Civility - by RoadRunner79 - November 18, 2018 at 7:31 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 7:36 pm
RE: Civility - by RoadRunner79 - November 18, 2018 at 7:39 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 7:52 pm
RE: Civility - by Catholic_Lady - November 18, 2018 at 8:49 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 9:38 pm
RE: Civility - by Angrboda - November 18, 2018 at 11:06 pm
RE: Civility - by Shell B - November 19, 2018 at 9:00 am
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 18, 2018 at 9:55 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 10:16 pm
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 18, 2018 at 10:19 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 11:02 pm
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 18, 2018 at 11:22 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 11:24 pm
RE: Civility - by RoadRunner79 - November 18, 2018 at 11:29 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 12:15 am
RE: Civility - by SteelCurtain - November 19, 2018 at 12:21 am
RE: Civility - by Angrboda - November 19, 2018 at 12:45 am
RE: Civility - by tackattack - November 19, 2018 at 12:57 am
RE: Civility - by Grandizer - November 19, 2018 at 1:16 am
RE: Civility - by paulpablo - November 19, 2018 at 3:46 am
RE: Civility - by Brian37 - November 19, 2018 at 10:24 am
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 19, 2018 at 7:19 pm
RE: Civility - by ignoramus - November 19, 2018 at 8:01 pm
RE: Civility - by possibletarian - November 19, 2018 at 8:43 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 8:55 pm
RE: Civility - by Fireball - November 19, 2018 at 9:43 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 20, 2018 at 8:44 am
RE: Civility - by Neo-Scholastic - November 19, 2018 at 8:56 pm
RE: Civility - by ignoramus - November 19, 2018 at 9:00 pm
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 19, 2018 at 9:24 pm

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