12/11/2017

Civility Won't Happen Without a Little Trust and Humility

Merely wishing for civil discourse won't make it a reality

Many are bemoaning the lack of civility these days. I’ve done so myself.

But merely wishing for civil discourse won’t make it a reality. We have to find a way to get there, and the road is a lot more challenging than we might like to admit.

It involves far more than simply addressing one another politely through clenched teeth and refraining from raising our voices, calling names, etc. That’s a starting point, to be sure, but the moment we take offense at someone on the “other side,” it all tends to go out the window — unless we actually care about the person on the other side as much as we care about being right.

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