tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565573.post109086927959745341..comments2023-11-02T05:17:01.705-04:00Comments on Dr. Sanity: How to Elevate the Quality of Public DiscourseDr. Sanityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05490927712024477670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565573.post-1090882366791071772004-07-26T18:52:00.000-04:002004-07-26T18:52:00.000-04:00Yes, Clayton, I agree with your point about what A...Yes, Clayton, I agree with your point about what Americans should strive for in their civil discourse. The point about Mrs. Kerry is that she had just given a talk about that subject, yet deliberately went back to confront the reporter who had asked her for a clarification of one of her statements. "Shove it" is by no means the most uncivil of responses she might have used, I admit. VP Cheney used even less civil words to Sen. Leahy--but he hadn't just given a speech passionately advocating increased civility in our political discourse.Dr. Sanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490927712024477670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565573.post-1090879629671211222004-07-26T18:07:00.000-04:002004-07-26T18:07:00.000-04:00so her statement might imply that non-americans ar...so her statement might imply that non-americans are uncivil. But hopefully we can look at it another way. We can say that Americans strive to be the ultimate example of civility, and anything less than striving for that would be below us as Americans; everybody else can strive too, but this is what we want.<br /><br />Did that make sense?Claytonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10427928164050640466noreply@blogger.com