Life in the Trump Era, Part 2

[UTEopia]

From my point of view, there is no point where it's permissible to treat others poorly. I've certainly broken that rule myself, but I don't feel good or justified about it.

The two arguments I've seen attempting to justify this:

(1) We've always had incivility. _______________ was uncivil (recently or 200 years ago). Why, then, should we be civil?

and

(2) There's never been a more grotesque president, and desperate times call for desperate measures. Basically, we need to fight fire with fire.

I don't find either argument compelling, but I tend to see things from a christian point of view. Even from a strategic/political point of view, however, the restaurant owner hurt her own cause. She'd have served her cause (which is a good cause, I think) better by just giving that women her dinner.

I also try to be civil. I admit, however, that I sometimes respond to uncivil or borish behavior with similar behavior. I try to avoid putting myself in those situations and that is why I do not attend Utah games at BYU.

[sancho]

I like this tweet:



Should/will we start treating people in person the way we treat them online? Is it inevitable that we become what we are online?

[U-Ute]

This has happened before.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny-n...626-story.html

[U-Ute]

And this is a big part of the current problem.

https://mashable.com/2016/03/12/trum.../#jzeo.RRmriqd

[LA Ute]

I liked the point-counterpoint video in this story (disregard the Washington Post headline):

Trump Country, it turns out, is more tolerant than the left

[U-Ute]

I liked the point-counterpoint video in this story (disregard the Washington Post headline):

Trump Country, it turns out, is more tolerant than the left

It's a false equivalency to compare a few interrupted lunches with this type of thing that happens all the time.