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    1. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 23 Jun 2018

      Damon Linker Retweeted Jeet Heer

      Now imagine: "We're really having a debate on whether we have to be civil to people who murder babies in utero? Fuck civility." I would be genuinely shocked if Jeet did not respond to such a tweet by pronouncing it an incitement to violence.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1010722442338357248 …

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      Jeet HeerVerified account @HeerJeet
      We're really having a debate on whether we have to be civil to people who tear babies & children away from their parents, leading to incalculable trauma? Fuck civility.
      302 replies 393 retweets 2,169 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jun 2018
      Replying to @DamonLinker

      Incivility isn't violence. Many prolifers are already incredibly uncivil (go to any abortion clinic & see the protestors harassing those seeking a legal procedure).

      22 replies 27 retweets 706 likes
    3. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 23 Jun 2018
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      I realize that. But incivility is somewhere between civility and violence. Once people begin to abandon civility, we enter a realm of politics that can easily bleed over into violence. As I think you’d recognize in such a tweet by a pro-lifer.

      47 replies 0 retweets 37 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jun 2018
      Replying to @DamonLinker

      I think our disagreement is you see a spectrum that runs from civility to incivility to violence whereas I see two unrelated spectrums (civility to incivility, peace to violence). Historically, civility is compatible with violence.

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        2. Kai O-S‏ @kolsaw 23 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @DamonLinker

          This is sound logic.

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        3. Ironic Moniker‏ @IronicMoniker1 25 Jun 2018
          Replying to @kolsaw @HeerJeet @DamonLinker

          Yeah, this whole, “We’re going to lose civility” argument is empty, and can only be made by people who’ve been protected because of their race and class. The number of “uncivil” things happening to poor folk, black folk, basically every marginalized community is proof.

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        2. joocoob‏ @KonaKrypt 24 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @DamonLinker

          Well you're technically right, but you're framing it in a misleading way to suggest incivility doesn't lead to violence, just because there is violence in a civil society. You know for a fact more in civility leads to more violence

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        3. J. David Wallace‏ @_OhTheHorror 24 Jun 2018
          Replying to @KonaKrypt @HeerJeet @DamonLinker

          Sounder logic.

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        1. The Forgotten Man‏ @forgottenman76 24 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @DamonLinker

          So your logic is that because civility can lead to violence that incivility isn't in any way related? That's lousy logic

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        2.  ↙️ ↙️ ↙️Yes ALL cops ↙️ ↙️ ↙️‏ @shrikex0r 24 Jun 2018

          No. An underlying schism over slavery led to both incivility and violence. An underlying schism over the Vietnam war led to both incivility and violence.

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        1.  🇮🇹 🇮🇱Juventina 🇮🇱 🇮🇹‏ @LaGobba 24 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @DamonLinker

          And incivility even more so. Try again.

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        2. J. David Wallace‏ @_OhTheHorror 24 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @DamonLinker

          Not sure violence is ever “courteous and polite”—the definition of “civility” in this context. Of course, situations arise where it is no longer moral to be civil against a threat that cannot be influenced by civility. But that does not make violence compatible with civility.

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        3. fauscx‏ @fauscx1 25 Jun 2018
          Replying to @_OhTheHorror @HeerJeet @DamonLinker

          State violence is usually polite and full of paperwork and blame shifting. The reps at the Medicaid office won't yell at you when they tell you you make 25 cents too much now to get medical coverage, but that's violence

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