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Against Fake Civility
Townhall.com ^ | March 5, 2018 | Kurt Schlichter

Posted on 03/04/2018 9:08:01 PM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 03/04/2018 9:08:01 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Amen.


2 posted on 03/04/2018 9:21:55 PM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Kaslin
If civility means submission, the hell with it.

Amen, bro. Peggy Noonan is clutching her pearls in fright at the concept. F her and all the RINOs that have sold us down the river all these years. I support those who fight for us.

3 posted on 03/04/2018 9:25:09 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Kaslin

This guy is fantastic..!!


4 posted on 03/04/2018 9:28:39 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Kaslin

SCREW the National Review.

AND the Weekly Standard.


5 posted on 03/04/2018 9:30:00 PM PST by gaijin
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“The problem is not that we Normals are not nice. The problem is that we were nice for far too long. The hate and contempt of the left for Normal Americans grew and grew without any challenge, with any cost, without any pushback, such that it was able to take root and become progressivism’s central premise.”

Exactly. The “Nice” dictate has been a major problem for years. We should have been standing up to these bullies from the beginning. It could have saved us from the mess we are in today.


6 posted on 03/04/2018 9:41:10 PM PST by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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Communists/ Progressives ... have a track record - their hated brings death. Bill Ayers and his Columbia University filth would do the same here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Book_of_Communism

“Communist regimes... turned mass crime into a full-blown system of government.”[4]:2 ... death toll amounts to 94 million.[4]:4 The breakdown of the number of deaths:

65 million in the People’s Republic of China
20 million in the Soviet Union
2 million in Cambodia
2 million in North Korea
1.7 million in Ethiopia
1.5 million in Afghanistan
1 million in the Eastern Bloc
1 million in Vietnam
150,000 in Latin America
10,000 deaths “resulting from actions of the international Communist movement and Communist parties not in power.”[4]:4

Repressions and famines occurring in the Soviet Union under the regimes of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin:

the execution of tens of thousands of hostages and prisoners
the murder of hundreds of thousands of rebellious workers and peasants from 1918 to 1922
the Russian famine of 1921, which caused the death of 5 million people
the Decossackization, a policy of systematic repression against the Don Cossacks between 1917 and 1933
the murder of tens of thousands in concentration camps in the period between 1918 and 1930
the Great Purge which killed almost 690,000 people
the deportation of 2 million so-called “kulaks” from 1930 to 1932
the death of 4 million Ukrainians (Holodomor) and 2 million others during the famine of 1932 and 1933
the deportations of Poles, Ukrainians, Moldovans and people from the Baltic states from 1939 to 1941 and from 1944 to 1945
the deportation of the Volga Germans in 1941
the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1943
Operation Lentil in 1944
the deportation of the Ingush in 1944.


7 posted on 03/04/2018 9:43:10 PM PST by GOPJ (Trump isn't starting a trade war - he's trying to end the trade war against the USA - Iron Munro)
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To: Kaslin

Civility means...

Disagreeing without being Disagreeable.
Having your Heart in balance with your Head.
Presenting an argument rationally and calmly.
Striving to Unify not Divide.

Keep in mind your argument will not only be seen by a rabid opponent
but also by others watching online that may be more susceptible.
Unknown to you, seeds can be planted in minds that will later bear fruit.

An argument presented precisely with a finely honed logical point
can wound an opponent more effectively than name-calling anger.

Strenuous civility first, before opening that door to a dark place.


8 posted on 03/04/2018 10:15:15 PM PST by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: Kaslin
The money quote: “The problem is that progressives are not people of good faith.

They are not trying to reason. They are not trying to compromise. They do not accept the basic concept that all American citizens have inalienable rights and that the law must apply equally to everyone. They hate us.”

Kurt knocks another one out of the park. I deal with these fools all the time. They are so used to spewing their BS that they cannot believe it when challenged. They are really upset that their usual tactic to yell "racism, sexism, name-your-.ism, no longer works.

Mr. Trump leads the way and people are following. Culture wars have been going on for years, no decades, but, now the battle is joined as never before. We all need to step up to the plate and fight as these fools try an ban, among other things, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to keep and bear arms.

9 posted on 03/04/2018 10:28:35 PM PST by lowbuck (The Blue Card (US Passport) Don't leave home without it.)
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“SCREW the National Review.

AND the Weekly Standard.”
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But ... but ... but.....they’re SO civil!


10 posted on 03/04/2018 11:28:07 PM PST by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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“When the liberals and their squishy-soft allies in Conservative, Inc., start moaning about your dreadful incivility, that’s a clear indicator that you are doing something right and that you need to double down.”

Absolutely! Their civility is just another word for political correctness.


11 posted on 03/04/2018 11:30:38 PM PST by aquila48
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To: Kaslin

Back in the 1990s I wrote, “It is long past time for decent people to wake up and realize that when dealing with scumbags, civility is nothing but a self-imposed handicap.”

Good to see people catching up.


12 posted on 03/05/2018 12:18:33 AM PST by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one party control of communications.)
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K S for later. Thanks.


13 posted on 03/05/2018 12:32:49 AM PST by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma's​ - multi issue voterp it)
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My yankee girlfriends always claimed southern civility and friendliness was a fake put on or facade


14 posted on 03/05/2018 1:06:27 AM PST by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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To: dirtboy
You can only be civil among civilized people.

The very same crowd who bemoan the lack of civility in others are members of the same little group who thinks they're the betters of all the trash out in flyover country and who collectively have spent the past sixty years promoting everything that's torn down the cohesion and civility in our society.

Moan over reaping what you helped sow, Peggy, that's a law that doesn't change just because a little snit like you doesn't like reality.

You've just been smacked in the mouth by that invisible hand you love, that's all. Telling all the little people not to push social issues because they get in the way of your favorite economic theories leads to exactly where we are. STFU and enjoy the fruits of your labors.

15 posted on 03/05/2018 3:06:10 AM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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16 posted on 03/05/2018 3:53:46 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Kaslin

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17 posted on 03/05/2018 3:54:06 AM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: Kaslin

Schlicter is the best.


18 posted on 03/05/2018 4:03:04 AM PST by Solson (Trump 2020!)
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To: lowbuck

“They are so used to spewing their BS that they cannot believe it when challenged.”

I’m in the middle of a small version of this on Facebook now. Somebody posted a “Remember When...” photo of Iron Eyes Cody of the 1960s sad “Indian” crying about trash in the environment. I pointed out he was a fake “Indian” and posted the Snopes article that actually reflected the truth that the actor was of Italian descent, not Native American. The original poster and another respondent derided my info and position. SMH...


19 posted on 03/05/2018 4:03:43 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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Ah yes Kurt. I am right there with you. I am all for being civil if it is evenly applied.

Otherwise it is used to keep YOU from fighting back and accepting their lies.

This silly acceptance of the left and the MSM narrative on these school shootings guarantees more school shootings and YOU are being bullied into keeping quiet about facts that are visible in most of these shootings. We aren’t crazy or they would not need to censor our proof.


20 posted on 03/05/2018 4:13:22 AM PST by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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