No. of Recommendations: 18
"Dear Miss Manners: Since some political figures have demonstrated and encouraged boorish behavior, what was once seen as good breeding is now eschewed as unnecessary or unmanly. Is there still a place in such a world for civility?
Many cringe-worthy statements are applauded by a (thin) majority of people in the U.S."
Gentle Reader: Well, that’s the problem: voters who think that rudeness and vulgarity are signs of strength, and that dignity and the willingness to cooperate in order to get things done are signs of weakness.
And yet people crave to be treated civilly. Miss Manners is often asked what can be done to make our leaders behave in what used to be called a statesmanlike way.
It’s called voting.
