be civil

The church takes pains to keep its official positions apolitical, and last weekend, one of its senior leaders, Dallin H. Oaks, encouraged members to be civil ahead of the November election.

“The party has really changed in terms of listening more rather than always pushing an agenda. That’s where I am, hoping to help influence the party. The community too has to be open and not be so set in its ways. Try to hear all sides and make your decision, but let’s be civil about it.”

The survey, said Wintemute, suggesting that political violence should be considered a health problem because of those it can kill or injure, found that 13.7% of those polled “strongly or very strongly agreed with the statement that ‘in the next few years, there will be civil war in the United States.’”

In other words, be civil, inform yourself, vote, help someone, speak up, take action and be your best self.

Political advertising would never be civil again.