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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Civility costs nothing and buys everything."[/quote]

uh huh

It's all PC BS.  I'd rather hear the truth than listen to someone spout off euphemisms.  [/quote]

If you honestly think there's a conflict between being civil and telling the truth, then I feel sorry for you because that opinion suggests something about your life experience that is a bit sad.

One can disagree without being disagreeable. It happens in good families all the time. It happens in countries too. And in a country like ours, where we value a wide range of political views, civility is critical for keeping the peace and helping us find common ground in a way that lets us move forward. Do you really think American democracy can survive in a country of people who spend their days insulting and demonizing each other? Let me tell you something truthful: this is what freedom means. Freedom means we're polite. Because although we are free to insult each other, to do so will shred the ties that bind us, and it is those ties that protect freedom. And that, though it sounds like hyperbole, truly is the end of America.

You really consider that "PC BS"? [/quote]

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