Civility 
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SOURCE: Perspectives on History
3/30/2020
Responsibility and Civility: The Unwritten Essentials
by Mary Lindemann
Critical to the prospering of any academic group are the unwritten expectations that underlie and ground its workings. When they’re observed, organizations prosper; when they’re disregarded, things go terribly wrong.
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12/22/19
What Carl Sandburg and Wendell Berry Can Teach Us about Relating to Trump Voters
by Walter G. Moss
With campaigning for the 2020 presidential election already underway, Democrats are asking themselves how to approach Trump supporters.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
Accessed 11/13/19
The gravest danger to American democracy isn’t an excess of vitriol—it’s the false promise of civility.
by Adam Serwer
"The idea that we’re currently experiencing something like the nadir of American civility ignores the turmoil that has traditionally characterized the nation’s politics, and the comparatively low level of political violence today despite the animosity of the moment." Serwer cites historian Manisha Sinha.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
11/12/19
Against Reconciliation
by Adam Serwer
The gravest danger to American democracy isn’t an excess of vitriol—it’s the false promise of civility.
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11/7/19
The History Briefing on Presidential Booing: How Historians Contextualized the News
by Chelsea Connolly
Historians Lawrence Glickman, Kevin Kruse, Heather Cox Richardson, and others weigh in on President Trump's not-so-warm welcome at Game 5 of the World Series.
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SOURCE: Vox
6-26-18
In MLK’s day, conservatives didn’t think he was so “civil”
He also knew calls for “civility” often serve to enforce the status quo.
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6-14-18
The Absolute Apotheosis of the "We Have to Build Bridges with the Far Right" Argument
by Angus Johnston
When Hitler attacked Jews in the 1930s some demanded they respond with civility.
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SOURCE: The Boston Globe
11-4-16
This scholar says we’ve lost our way
Steven Bullock says one reason is we’ve forgotten how to be polite.
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