Civility in Public Discourse (2#) -

In the aftermath of the Tucson shooting spree there has been a lot of soul-searching about the tone of public discourse; but a lot of scapegoating, finger-pointing, and blame-gaming has been cycling through the Media, too.

According to PEJ, from January 8-16, 59% of the commentary in Blogs and social media involved Liberals blaming Conservatives for their tone, while 28% involved Conservatives criticizing the Left or defending themselves.

Thus, we might propose
an old axiom: Let peace begin with me.

If each individual Blogger would try to exercise some self-control and refrain from contributing to this cycle, the atmosphere might calm down.

But it is possible that some people don't want to calm down; they may be spoiling for an ever-nastier fight. It's your choice to make.

:: PEJ ::

:: Tu quoque ::

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