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This is the united states of america. this is not medieval europe. we don t have to respect the representatives of the crown. if you re an elected official and you don t like people getting mad at you in public, then you should find another job. because as ted cruz said these are people expressing their first amendment rights. and nonviolence is important, but other than that, you re not even required to be polite to these people. they work for you. if people want to get a little heated, a little angry, that doesn t bother me at all. particularly given the history of this country, even going back to founders day these guys were saying horrible things about each other. i think the civility thing is a little overblown. and as far as the president is concerned there are two modes he accepts and anything else he s going to say is illegitimate. don, i think the problem with this to amanda s point, look, public officials realize when ....
Strategist. i don t know how intelligent they are. i m not losing sleep over it. this is the united states of america. this is not midevil europe. we don t have to respect the crown. find another job. because as ted cruz said these are people expressing first amendment rights. non-violence is importance. but you re not required to be polite to the people flt they work for you. i m not if people want to get heated and angry, that doesn t bother me. particularly given the history of the country. even back to like the founders. they were saying horrible nasty things about each other. the civility thing is precious and over blown. sfa as far as the president is concerned there s two modes of communication he accepts. praise and indifference. the problem is to the point. ....
But in normal life we re kind of nice the each other most of the time, you know, unless they kick you out of a restaurant every once in a while. greg: yes. but i don t mind. i think maybe the civility thing, i don t like civility. [laughter] it s a debate. it s fake. civility s fake. greg: that is true. no one wants to be nice. they ask you a question at a debate, and they re like first i d like to pause and thank everyone for being here. shut up and answer the question. i want to be a little more rude. shut up, tom! greg: all right. kat, i have a theory, and i m not it s like does social media contribute to hostilities, or is it a release valve so the hostilities are less likely to be on the street and more likely in the broadband where nobody really gets hurt? is that correct? or are you just, like, staring at me blankly waiting for me to shut up? i mean, i think that people can get hurt on social media. i think that sometimes people can be really, really mean and ....
But in normal life we re kind of nice the each other most of the time, you know, unless they kick you out of a restaurant every once in a while. greg: yes. but i don t mind. i think maybe the civility thing, i don t like civility. [laughter] it s a debate. it s fake. civility s fake. greg: that is true. no one wants to be nice. they ask you a question at a debate, and they re like first i d like to pause and thank everyone for being here. shut up and answer the question. i want to be a little more rude. shut up, tom! greg: all right. kat, i have a theory, and i m not it s like does social media contribute to hostilities, or is it a release valve so the hostilities are less likely to be on the street and more likely in the broadband where nobody really gets hurt? is that correct? or are you just, like, staring at me blankly waiting for me to shut up? i mean, i think that people can get hurt on social media. i think that sometimes people can be really, really mean and ....
What they have to do, it s just crazy. i think that s likely to be the tone throughout this and the debate, the real debate is going to be inside the democratic party. and it s not necessarily going to be about this position itself. it s all positioning. , i think, for 2020. abby: obviously the supreme court ignited this division in this country and the hate that we have seen going on for a while now. now it is at a level that i have not seen before. and everyone is, you know, pointing a fingers who is to blame for this. that conversation was had last night ben shapiro and bill maher itself. this is how that played out. you would not vote for a democrat under any circumstance or some circumstance. i mean i would say some circumstance but the democratic party would have to stop being insane. if you are talking about the civility thing. why don t we start with the republicans stop saying lock her up. he talked about locking comey up and journalists up. shouldn t the civility argume ....