Civility

Civility comes from the word ‘civilis’, which in Latin means “citizen”.

Civility is caused by a person’s emotions or lack thereof. If a person is emotionally affected by the negative feedback that they get from other people in a psychologically normal manner then they are defined as civil.

In early use, the term denoted the state of being a citizen and hence good citizenship or orderly behavior. The sense ‘politeness’ arose in the mid-16th century.

I was raised and taught civility or etiquette. I was taught which utensil to use in a meal and what were the proper colors to wear in season and how to have a polite conversation. It was all proper behavior.

Civility is politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech.

Civility was good manners, graciousness, consideration and most important respect.

Differences in opinions could be discussed without shouting or civil disobedience. Passions can hype up the rhetoric until words have consequences.

Civility is having an open minded conscious with an ability to listen to different opinions perhaps learning or offering persuasions to another point of view. 

Civility is willing to consider new ideas; unprejudiced, unbiased, unprejudiced, nonpartisan, neutral, nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory;

Civility is Tolerant.

Civility is “open-minded attitudes” receptive, open to suggestions, open to new ideas, amenable, flexible, willing to change.

Incivility is to be prejudiced, judgmental, and narrow-minded.

You make the choice of how you want to interact with the ever changing culture that offers new visitors a cage.