On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:03:17 PM UTC-6, gtr wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:20:03 -0800 (PST), Bryan
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> > I don't listen to Progressive media any more than Conservative media. I
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> > stick to public radio, where they'll have one person on from Heritage,
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> > and another from Brookings, or one from The American Enterprise
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> > Institute, and another from Mother Jones. On the issue of gun control,
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> > they'd have someone from the NRA, and another person from Brady. In no
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> > case is there yelling, or making up stupid nicknames for the other
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> > side. They disagree, but civilly.
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> Someone from the NRA providing lies and misinformation may have been
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> speaking in a well-mannered way, but it wasn't "civil".

A semantic disagreement. Even if I think someone's position is uncivilized,
if the person is "speaking in a well-mannered way," I call the *discussion*
itself, "civil."

--Bryan