June 28,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood
Ridgewood NJ, An editorial by Paul Greenberg, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, entitled “The roots of restlessness, How to restore civility” was published on September 30, 1994. Greenberg’s distaste for burgeoning talk radio success is clear. But so is his impatience with those of his editorial colleages who ignore the root causes of public revulsion with bad actors in electoral politics. Here’s the money quote:
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“Year after year, all of us editorial writers have written dutiful editorials, denouncing public apathy. So when the people take an interest in their affairs, and rise up roaring like a great beast, what do we do? We wring our hands over the decline of civility in public discourse.
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“The best way to restore civility would be to address the causes of its decline. If the natives grow restless, they may just have something to be restless about.”
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https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19940930&id=b9ROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BEsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5560,6145661&hl=en
So, nearly 22 years ago, we already had a perfect answer for Borg and Aronsohn’s current disingenuous hand-wringing, pearl-clutching, and fainting couch swooning over citizens speaking their minds in unvarnished ways over matters of public interest.
A priceless photo. I wonder if Paul will unlawfully use it on his website as he’s done with several other photos.
There is no civility in politics never has been never will be.
All uncivil politics is local.
I was going to write a note to the writer and let him know the backroom deals that occurred here before the voters ended the charade…still might do it.
Just do it, 10:23, and please include the details around the one guy stealing a half a million $ and getting a sweetheart plea deal from our county prosecutor: no jail and only partial restitution. We can’t even get an explanation for the illegal theft going on here, let alone the legal theft, which was thankfully killed (postponed) by the referendum.
Please do!