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willingness
to listen and to sacrifice, and our desire to see each person succeed.
Only from that humble foundation can our society hope to produce any
ideas worth enacting into law.
Of
course, civility isn't nearly as entertaining to watch on television as
partisan bickering is. There's a reason why Fox, CNN and MSNBC always
stomp Public Broadcasting in ratings. As a country, we take a sick
pleasure in watching politicians behaving badly. The lying and the
fear-mongering, even when we recognize them as such, are just more fun
than an honest appraisal of facts. And it is that troublesome
entertainment factor, more than anything, which assures that 2011 is
unlikely to be remembered as the year in which humility took Washington
by storm. This is still a free country, and, let's be honest, most of
us won't be tuning in to CSPAN for a debate on health care reform. Not
when we can choose instead to watch two hairstyles debate the merits of
the word "Destroy" as apposed to the word "Kill."
Tonya Morton is a regular contributor to The Zephyr.
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