Civility

I have written several posts regarding the decline I have noticed of basic civility. There has been some disagreement, which may have come because I stated that the lack of civility had increased in anger and contempt and gave a specific example of the swastika in the grass with Obama's name next to it. But, I am still not convinced that things aren't worse than they have ever been...I will retract my argument as to the cause, but will not retract my comment about the fact - people are more outwardly hateful now.

My father is the head of a public school district in the United States. He has in the last several months received anger-filled attempts to change things such as using a "spanish name" on one of their new high schools or having Obama's speech to the children broadcast in the schools (he was called a facist pig in one email)...but there are hundreds of emails bearing the same tone. I would never keep people from having the opinions that they do. The problem? Why is my dad a "facist pig" if what they don't agree with is a policy of a President of their country speaking to their children. This is where civility is lost; Personal attacks, fear-mongering and hate.

Read this: http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/the-mormon-ethic-of-civility