Civil Discourse

Civility and American Democracy: A National Forum

February 17, 2012 at UMass Boston

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Last week's national forum on #Civility and American Democracy is now available in full online! Click here to watch: http://t.co/zafZGcqY

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@pconversations The conference will be available tomorrow—we'll be sure to give you a heads-up.

[Tom Ashbrook @TomAshbrook]

Bravo to Civility and American Democracy, http://t.co/5fpSGmFp. @civility #civility. Great day. "Spirited, not mean spirited"

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That's a wrap for #civility! Full video of the event will be up on http://t.co/jBKkRBHF asap! Thanks for following along, folks.

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@JoeKleinTIME: "Our society is suffering from national ADD. The country is too exciting--#civility takes intellectual and moral rigor."

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Any questions/comments out there for our panel on #Civility and the Media?

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.@kathleenparker: admittedly self-censoring to avoid a blacklash in her inbox. #civility

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.@JoeKleinTIME: "So many voices, only way you get yourself heard is by being obnoxious" / Are those voices represented here today? #civility

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Ellen Goodman: The rise of incivility directly related to the rise of misinformation. #civility

[WBUR @WBUR]

Streaming video in <10 mins: "Civility and the Media" - a @UMass forum moderated by @tomashbrooknpr: http://t.co/aEclb0Nk

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Next up: our panel on #Civility and the Media. Get your questions in now for @JoeKleinTIME, @kathleenparker & Ellen Goodman!

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Ilán Stavans: "I don't think it's a question of whether pop culture is good or bad. Pop culture *is*. The question is what we do with it."

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@lkgottschalk thanks, Laura! That's a great one for our media panel, which is coming up next.

[dcsln @braintrunkhorn]

Mark Lilla calls information and @civility in response to ignorance, but isn't glorifying ignorance a right-wing strategy, from Nixon on?

[Yasi Martin @yasinyc]

What does #civility mean for different cultures?

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This #civility viewing at @nhiop sounds almost as fun at the one we're having live at @umassboston!

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@CTHumanities that relates somewhat to Sarat's point earlier, that there is no universal definition of #civility.

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@DFANewHaven thanks! that's a great one for the media panel coming up next.

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@Nathaniel_g glad you're checking it out! let us know if you've got any questions/comments for the #Civility and Cutlure panelists...

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More background reading for later—Lilla's extesive archive at @nybooks: http://t.co/vHUHG1FP #civility