Free speech is enhanced by civility

April 14th, 2007

Andrew Sullivan points to this quote from this blog post:

“Free speech is enhanced by civility.” The revolution comes at the end of that sentence. Free speech we know about. Civility we have forgotten. Ask Don Imus. Subsets of civility would include courtesy, respect, politeness and deference. Civility is a public virtue. Like oil or wheat, it is a necessary social commodity that allows society to function.”

I struggle with civility everyday. Sometimes I think I confuse uncivility with being passionate. Working on it folks. Sorry if I’ve pissed people off lately.

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