We are now living in an environment where the outcome of every dispute must be win - lose. That is not how it should be in a constitutional democratic republic where individual rights are protected. Acting with civility in confrontational situations carries the implication that both sides may get what they need although, perhaps, not what they want.
The root of divisive hostility comes from power exploitation. Those is the media have a privileged position. When they use their position to promote their bias and attack those without the power that have a different view or opinion, it eliminates good faith communication and fosters incivility.
And now we get this preaching from the very exploiters of power in the media... that it is the people that need to practice greater civility.
No, the people working in media need to get back to real journalistic ethics and integrity. They need to report the facts and not see their job as world-changing activists. Because in my experience the standard type of person that ends up in these positions in the media are some of the least wise and most myopic "thinkers" in the world. It is not that they are ignorant, it is that they know so much that just isn't so. Their job should be to ask questions and report on it, not give their damn opinion in everything they write.
Asking people where their families are from is a classic icebreaker in the USA. Obviously some people do it ineptly. In the Asian example, people are aware that there are many countries and ethnicities in Asia. They just don’t know how to ask about it.
We are now living in an environment where the outcome of every dispute must be win - lose. That is not how it should be in a constitutional democratic republic where individual rights are protected. Acting with civility in confrontational situations carries the implication that both sides may get what they need although, perhaps, not what they want.
The root of divisive hostility comes from power exploitation. Those is the media have a privileged position. When they use their position to promote their bias and attack those without the power that have a different view or opinion, it eliminates good faith communication and fosters incivility.
And now we get this preaching from the very exploiters of power in the media... that it is the people that need to practice greater civility.
No, the people working in media need to get back to real journalistic ethics and integrity. They need to report the facts and not see their job as world-changing activists. Because in my experience the standard type of person that ends up in these positions in the media are some of the least wise and most myopic "thinkers" in the world. It is not that they are ignorant, it is that they know so much that just isn't so. Their job should be to ask questions and report on it, not give their damn opinion in everything they write.
Political correctness in the USA weaponizes the politeness custom.
Asking people where their families are from is a classic icebreaker in the USA. Obviously some people do it ineptly. In the Asian example, people are aware that there are many countries and ethnicities in Asia. They just don’t know how to ask about it.