Stephanie Uriarte
Sociology 111
May 3, 2017
Uncivil Discourse
Uncivil discourse has become a popular subject of today. Uncivil is defined as impolite, rude, disrespectful and discourse is a written or spoken communication or debate. I believe that uncivil discourse can be harmful but not all provocative statement should be considered uncivil discourse. Some uncivil discourse can be taken way out of text and then used sort of as an excuse to commit crimes. I believe that sometimes some people speak in ways that are disrespectful and hateful and then use their rights of free speech as a justification. Speech that flat out motivates violence or prejudice shouldn't be tolerated. I feel like we got to this point because there is too much hate in the world. In order to fix this problem of hate speech and uncivil discourse, the world has to learn how to not blame certain people for certain things and we must get rid of racism. Until then these problems will continue on.
Madeline Will in her article, "Teachers not shying away from divisive political discussion, survey suggests", stated that even though it is harder to talk about controversial topics in the classroom, teachers aren't "shying away" from talking politics. Teachers have noticed an increase in uncivil political discourse at their own school since the run for president began. Also, the number of bullying has increased, in specific about immigration and race/ethnicity. These conversation about politics have had to make in a way needed in order to make sure students felt safe at school. But some teachers have stayed away from talking about politics. They do so because of wanting the children to be safe by not bringing up undue feelings.
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