Civility is often weaponized by fascists. They’ll say and do some horrible things… But they do it with a smile, or do so with an air of pseudo-intellectualism. Then when people reasonably get upset, they cry about people being uncivil and redirect the conversation. It’s a tool to avoid having to defend the indefensible things they say and do.
And the sad part is that a sizable part of the population sees that as a “win” for fascism. Because it allows them to paint their opponents as angry unreasonable shrieking maniacs. Lots of people don’t actually listen to the content of what is being said; They just listen to the vibes. And that pseudo-intellectualism and civility has the vibe-listeners thinking that the fascists are the reasonable ones.
in the case of interviews, these people often try to avoid answering straightforward questions.
the good thing is, they don’t have to give an answer. the absence of one also says something. the question is, what do the people think? they have to make up their minds.
Civility is often weaponized by fascists. They’ll say and do some horrible things… But they do it with a smile, or do so with an air of pseudo-intellectualism. Then when people reasonably get upset, they cry about people being uncivil and redirect the conversation. It’s a tool to avoid having to defend the indefensible things they say and do.
And the sad part is that a sizable part of the population sees that as a “win” for fascism. Because it allows them to paint their opponents as angry unreasonable shrieking maniacs. Lots of people don’t actually listen to the content of what is being said; They just listen to the vibes. And that pseudo-intellectualism and civility has the vibe-listeners thinking that the fascists are the reasonable ones.
yeah, that matches my experience quite well.
in the case of interviews, these people often try to avoid answering straightforward questions.
the good thing is, they don’t have to give an answer. the absence of one also says something. the question is, what do the people think? they have to make up their minds.