I can't get over this friendly advice from Bret Stephens, which I really think lays out the problem with "civility" as promoted by the American elite.pic.twitter.com/Q4UlCB6Qjp
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I can't get over this friendly advice from Bret Stephens, which I really think lays out the problem with "civility" as promoted by the American elite.pic.twitter.com/Q4UlCB6Qjp
As is well known, I'm not a fan of civility & believe that political discussion is best serve by bluntness. But, I'm open-minded and have been willing to listen to arguments that a code of politeness has its usefulness (in persuasiveness, mainly).
I've tried to heed the counsel fo the civility fetishists and curb my dunking but then I learn from Stephens that civility isn't about the advancement of knowledge but rather a good career move. You never know who you might want a favor from!
Reading Stephens, this is what civility comes down to: the professional courtesy whereby we all protect each other's phoney baloney jobs. https://twitter.com/MattSchiavenza/status/1101691829504929792 …
Confession; I once stole..er barrowed but forgot to give back, a biography on Ezra Pound from the Texas state library.
Interesting point! But maybe a fascist isn't the best example here
Wasn't a fascist when he wrote that!
"Unnecessary Friends" :| :| :| The cynical, off-hand-evil of that phrase, and he writes it like warning someone about the weather.
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