...Kathleen Parker haz dem.
Rise in incivility a threat to concept of civilization
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As Americans have picked their side of civilization's breach the past few days, some have justified Wilson's words because they think they were true. Sure, one can make a slim case that some of Obama's assertions weren't 100 percent accurate, but Wilson's behavior can't be justified. It isn't done. Period.
And why not? Because civilization is a fragile and delicate idea, held together by a few mere threads, bound together by little more than a wisp of mutual consent. Frays in those threads are daily apparent — from the rude tantrum of Kanye West at the Video Music Awards to the profane threats of tennis star Serena Williams when she disagreed with a line call.
So, apparently, it's ok for Kathleen Parker to refer to religious conservatives as "the oogedy-boogedy" branch of the Republican party, but let Joe Wilson call the president a liar and it's the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. I swear, some of these so-called "conservative" pundits are so full of crap they are positively overflowing with it.
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