To those who think we should be "uncivil" to the Trump folks, a simple question:

[JHan]

74. You know civility can be used to mask or deflect from heinousness... so riddle me this..

I hate answering questions with questions but tell me:

What is the appropriate civil response to Ann Coulter referring to distressed children separated from their parents as "child actors"? And her comments liked and cheered by Trump supporters?

what is the appropriate civil response to those who would harass victims of mass shootings and claim that traumatic events which happened to them never occurred, and not just stop there - but harass them online and send them death threats.. ?

what is the appropriate civil response to those who eschew facts, evidence, and reason in favor of hateful propaganda, and who vote in ways to hurt vulnerable groups of people?

It is impossible to engage with people who don't care about facts or truth.

Now I am sure there are Trump supporters who don't fall into extremes and are simply low information voters. Among any group of people who share similarities in political beliefs, you'll find a spectrum from the most fanatical to those who can be reasoned with...

But it is impossible to engage honestly with those who operate in bad faith and spite.

If this were merely about a difference of equally valid political opinions between groups then maybe this civility discourse would have a point to it - but that is NOT the case. The difference here is based on ethics and morality NOT Tone. There's no subjective interpretation to be made either since the difference is starkly clear.

Whether America wants to admit to this or not, she has a deplorable problem, and she needs to come to terms with that - pretending this political disease doesn't exist or draping civility over it will not make this disease go away.