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Dearth of Civility in the Public SquareGwen's Take Flash back with me to sixth grade recess. A bit of taunting that turns into a little shoving and trash talking. Next thing you know, a circle of children are egging each other you on, chanting: “Fight! Fight! Fight!” What choice did you have but to fight? It wasn’t a very civil thing to do, but this was elementary school. Now, we live in a world of sixth grade taunting everywhere we look, where disagreements are settled on the playground of dueling campaign appearances and pundit-driven cable television debates. |
