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In surrendering their dignity and self-respect by kowtowing to Trump, he gives them something in return: a permission slip to break the moral code of civilized society.

This wild and impolitic work startled civilized Parisian salons with what sounded like sheer ugliness.

“Eric is a cultured, wealthy and American man, therefore the maximum of a person that we define as civilized,” Delprino said in an email.

Smith seems to want to say something about the civilizing influence of women and their survival in a world of unruly and domineering men.

White Christian Nationalism supported White-on-Black chattel slavery and saw it as part of the “civilizing” mission for Christians.