We are civilized. sigh

Civility has long since been "over" since 2018. It was declared dead by Hillary Clinton.

Antifa, SJW, Academia and MSM 'opinion-shapers' openly campaign for:

1. Violence
2. Sedition
3. Ruination of livelihoods and refusal of credentials
4. Blocking access to financial and internet infrastructure
   ... to oppose what they consider "wrongthink".

Too many on the rational side of the spectrum are living in the powdered-wig era of the Founders where gentlemanly conduct and the existence of a "loyal opposition" was considered to be a given.

This is expressed in the [current year] by statements like, "not being too High-handed and Preachy" or, "We're better people than to use [tactic x]", or "let's not descend to their level".

Well guess what: It doesn't make any difference how "Even-Handed and non-Preachy" you look, how much 'better' you are, or what 'level' you're on, if you're extinct. And make no mistake, they want you extinct; meaning at minimum, jobless, unable to communicate or raise funds, and socially 'black-balled'.

Then there's the baseball-bat, molotov, and bike-lock brigade...

Time to harden our hearts, while they're still beating. Outsiders with older, harder cultures are 'looking', too.