Saturday, July 21, 2012

Civility is in the Discussion, not Lack of Discussion

I'm both a man who wants to be civil and who wants the negatives about candidates vetted.

Some criticism I dismiss as people throwing stones when stones don't need to be thrown. Like, when people criticized President Obama this past week for saying when someone succeeds, others helped, the person didn't do it all on their own.

Other times, the criticism might or might not be true, but it is pertinent and needs to be discussed. Sometimes, accusations not brought right out in public simmer, traveling by word of mouth with the accused not knowing about them to be able to defend against them.

Civility lays not in failing to discuss something, but in discussing it in a fair, respectful and open-minded manner.



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