Three Disparate Events Prove: Civility Is Dead

A politician shouted during Obama's speech. A tennis player yelled at a line judge. A rapper grabbed a mic during an awards show. All in the same week. You know what this means: A fake trend is sweeping America.

• USA Today: "What happened to civility?"
• Hartford Courant: "US Lacking In Civility."
• Houston Chronicle: "Incivility is heard 'round the nation."
• Washington Post: "Call it the Glenn Beck-ization of America or an erosion of civility."
• San Diego Union-Tribune: "There's been a real shortage of civility lately."
• ESPN: "What has happened to civility?"
• Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "Psst: The death of public civility."
• Columbus Dispatch: "Public figures aren't the only Americans who act this way, says P.M. Forni, co-founder of the Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore."
• Examiner.com: "All three episodes are a sad reflection on the politics of civility in contemporary society."
• Wichita Falls Times Record News: "If civility isn't dead, it's definitely on a respirator."

Shut up.

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