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civility

noun as in niceness

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the comments “unacceptable” and “dangerous,” while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said they erode trust and civility in public discourse.

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At the moment, hopes are high for a return to civility in public life.

Free speech is for everyone, although civility seems to be only for the civil.

When the person in charge of the nation’s civil rights enforcement can’t muster even a modicum of civility, we’re living in some very dark times indeed.

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And the protest of the students would crushed by policies that would demand “civility” over freedom.

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