The incivility of our times is not new-or is it?

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(08-23-2019 06:36 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  It’s a question I ponder-as I know you all do. There seems to be so much rudeness and bad behavior in every layer of society today. Is it it at a new level not previously seen? I realize there “is nothing new under the sun.” Having lived through the counterculture environment of the 1960’s, I ask myself: Is what is happening today a stronger more significant set of forces than that? What do you think?

Personally, having lived through both the 1960s as well as today, I think the level of civility is much worse today - at least in the metropolitan Washington area. From driving manners, to impatience with standing in line, to crude language in everyday conversations and more, I think we are devolving instead of evolving as a civilized society.