Civility is bullshit. It’s a way for people with power to insulate
themselves from the real world. It’s a game they play where they make up the
rules as they go along and you will never ever get a hang of them. Who gives a
shit about being civil? How does it help you? Do you think that the real world
is a civil place? Do you think corporations putting profits over people is the
civil thing to do? Do you think turning public space into private space is
civil? Do you think cutting away social safety nets is civil? Do you think
racism is civil? Capitalism spits in civility’s face?
It’s all a bullshit way to disqualify people from voicing their
fury over what is happening to them. When someone tells you that “unless you’re
civil we can’t have this conversation,” you should double down on incivility.
People call for civility when they don’t like where a discussion is heading,
because they know they’re in the wrong and would like to turn the conversation
into a matter of semantics instead of substance. They put their powdered wig on
and only will converse with other people that also have powdered wigs among an
array of fainting couches. Don’t go and try to get yourself a powdered wig.
Fuck powdered wigs.
These delicate people’s bubbles need bursting. Otherwise they’ll never see
the effects of their decisions. Fearful people are more responsive to pressure.
If someone living in a golden tower on the east side isn’t worried about what
might happen to them based on their decisions, if they’re feeling breezy about
how things are going, then why would they ever change course. Don’t engage in
civility with people that center their whole lives around fucking other people
over. They don’t care about civility. It’s a parlor trick created at a country
club. It’s a cudgel that they use to silence the masses. Don’t give up your own
cudgel of rage just because they say the rules demand it. The rules are
bullshit. There is nothing to win abiding them.
