Five years ago today, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder in an appallingly bad opinion by Chief Justice Roberts. The voter suppression efforts that followed the holding continue to dangerously undermine voters of color. #RestoreTheVOTE pic.twitter.com/SeApalMNyv
— Miranda Yaver (@mirandayaver) June 25, 2018
"The Anti-War movement in Vietnam … The Civil Rights movement … both of those were much more civil in tone": @David_Gergen on the 'uncivil discourse' of politics in 2018 compared to other historical divides https://t.co/7tlX0riUCG https://t.co/AWsCwQwRwG
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) June 25, 2018
John Lewis seems to have a different recollection than David Gergen about the level of civility during the 1960s.https://t.co/trq9FmfaOR
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) June 26, 2018
We should of course treat with great seriousness the demands that protest be conducted in a peaceful, respectful, polite way, because everyone knows that protests like that are honored in American culture and only aggressive uncivil protest is demonized. pic.twitter.com/JIj27ML7Ic
— Jacob T. Levy (@jtlevy) June 25, 2018
Note to media folks:
Stop asking prominent white men how they feel about civility.
White men aren't the ones being locked up in cages, abused by bigots, or shot by police.
Stop climbing to the very top of the privilege totem to ask the unaffected how the affected should behave
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 26, 2018
#civility https://t.co/CmhnwPSerT
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) June 26, 2018
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: On Staying “Civil”Post + Comments (131)