Civility or Uncivility
There was a time where being civil and polite, it was the way of life. Where people were able to restrain themselves of rude comments, behaviors and hold themselves to a higher social standard. To be civil, we must have learned growing up to respect others and to have enough self-awareness to be courteous and mind their actions. It’s vital to install such moral as to keep the peace amongst each other. Civility and freedom are tied together because when we respect each other with civility, we will live in peace and practice our rights (Liu, 2014). To lack civility in character could have potentially deadly consequences. Uncivility has a great impact to how we perceive the outside world. It’s almost as if we are always bracing ourselves for the worst. With social …show more content…
Many comedians of late night comedy have used this style of humor as shock value, and it is a mirrored style from many comics before them. But with the style more ruthless, it seems there is a lack of civility in comedy. Although many found the tweet is funny, others were outraged by the disrespectful remark. Shortly after the mean response, the tweet was removed from the news station’s twitter feed, and an apology sent out. What people might have defined as a small disagreement in the difference of opinion, the removal of the tweet was a small step in the right direction to renewing civility. It brings us to believe that certain things are better left unsaid. The derogatory remark against the child is not the first of its kind, and it is not the first time. It is becoming more popular these days to be rough and to act with little self-control as a means of gaining attention. When language from our grandparents generation seemed to censor everything, we have evolved into a society where doing what is popular, in return makes you popular (Pitts,
There was a time where being civil and polite, it was the way of life. Where people were able to restrain themselves of rude comments, behaviors and hold themselves to a higher social standard. To be civil, we must have learned growing up to respect others and to have enough self-awareness to be courteous and mind their actions. It’s vital to install such moral as to keep the peace amongst each other. Civility and freedom are tied together because when we respect each other with civility, we will live in peace and practice our rights (Liu, 2014). To lack civility in character could have potentially deadly consequences. Uncivility has a great impact to how we perceive the outside world. It’s almost as if we are always bracing ourselves for the worst. With social …show more content…
Many comedians of late night comedy have used this style of humor as shock value, and it is a mirrored style from many comics before them. But with the style more ruthless, it seems there is a lack of civility in comedy. Although many found the tweet is funny, others were outraged by the disrespectful remark. Shortly after the mean response, the tweet was removed from the news station’s twitter feed, and an apology sent out. What people might have defined as a small disagreement in the difference of opinion, the removal of the tweet was a small step in the right direction to renewing civility. It brings us to believe that certain things are better left unsaid. The derogatory remark against the child is not the first of its kind, and it is not the first time. It is becoming more popular these days to be rough and to act with little self-control as a means of gaining attention. When language from our grandparents generation seemed to censor everything, we have evolved into a society where doing what is popular, in return makes you popular (Pitts,