I would love to make a law where everyone had to be polite to each other both online and in public. If you don’t then you get a ticket, like you might for speeding.
I wouldn’t want to eradicate free speech because that would be dangerous and everyone should be able to have their own opinion, but I’ve watched people agree to disagree politely with no vitriol and that just seems like the better way.
Whatever happened to politeness anyway? I’m a weirdo. I wear a lot of black and necklaces shaped like bats. I love spiders and listen to strange music, but I still know how to listen, to say excuse me and thank you. Or how to be a little bit patient with people.
I mean, how hard is it?
I wish we could go back to referring to each other as Miss, Mrs. or Mr. Smith. It’s like an instant boundary between people that demands polite conduct. Instead, we call each other by our given names immediately, or we just say things like, hey you. 😕
Mandatory politeness is a long-shot, I know, and I doubt it would ever happen, but wouldn’t it be nice?
Darcy Branwyn 
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