[Peace-discuss] Civility?

Tue Apr 2 03:05:34 UTC 2013

Civility is highly overrated.

In present day American media and American politics,
it is the equivalent of censorship, dumbing-down of the people,
and limitation of the range of allowable debate.

Anyone who is not seriously pissed off is either in a coma, is deluded,
or simply not paying attention, or else deriving so much
benefit from the system that they have no desire for change.

On 04/02/13 2:41, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
> Could we get them to comment on these two columns?
>
> ~ "How Noam Chomsky is discussed: The more one dissents from political orthodoxies, the more the attacks focus on personality, style and character," by Glenn Greenwald:<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/23/noam-chomsky-guardian-personality>; and
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> ~ "Truth Is Offensive," by Paul Craig Roberts:<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Truth-Is-Offensive-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-130331-166.html>.
>
> Or would that be from Neptune?
>
> --CGE
>
>
> "...human kind / Cannot bear very much reality."
>
>
> On Mar 30, 2013, at 7:15 AM, David Green<davegreen84 at yahoo.com>  wrote:
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>> http://champaignpubliclibrary.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/y/EB6ADD1886B703DA/B7EDF3D7BCF67881D9767B6002735221
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>> Civility in Politics&  the Media / Thu. Apr. 11 / 7-8:30 pm
>> Panel discussion moderated by John Foreman, with former Governor Jim Edgar; former U.S. Congressman Tim Johnson; Rich Martin, head of the U of I Dept. of Journalism; and Jim Dey
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