ever? Will we ever stop blaming Hillary Obama the media etc for all of our ills? Will there ever be a tiny crack of daylight when we ask ourselves whether our conservative principles and policies are actually being pushed to the side as secondary in favor of this irrational hate?
Will we ever start modeling the behavior that we would like to see in this country? Specifically a rational discourse about policy in which both conservatives and their opponents speak their minds firmly and with civility instead of stooping to the level of our political opponents on the left.
Why can't we show we are better than they by usin our dominance of D.C. to really just make policies they hate instead of all this blather about Hillary and Obama. They are yesterday's news. Within two years all you haters will have latched on to some new targets. Cuomo. Biden. Warren. Franken. And if we haven't legislated by then we have wasted a golden opportunity by just wallowing in this hatred.
So, lets start this civil discourse by asking this important question.
Why does talk of civility occur ONLY when Democrats are out of power?
I've been talking about it since 1980 so I'm not sure your view of history is the same as mine.
Good for you. Now spread the word to the left.
Been trying since 1977. It helps when we behave like we would want them to behave, I've found.
Then you have discovered wrong.
When we behaved as we wanted others to behave, they ignored it and attacked anyone they disagreed with.
When we treated them as we wanted to be treated, we were attacked and called vile names.
When we debated any issue, they not only became personal with the insults, they began making up lies about us and promoting that in the schools.
When we pushed back, they screamed we were being uncivil and uncivilized.
When we began using their tactics, they screamed we were not adhering to our principles, while not holding themselves to any principles.
I could go on and on.
The fact remains. They will not act civil regardless of the setting, and to try and be civil with them is nothing more than an effort to be liked by people who will never like us.
I will be civil if the other person is civil. The very moment they question My character, My motive, My intellect, or My morals, the gloves come off and incivility will ensue. Each and every time; I will be civil, even to those whom I've flagged as not worthy of anything but a rap to the head with a lead pipe until they act like barbarians.
I will not, however; fool myself into believing that there can be a civil debate in this nation. It has already been proven that there cannot.