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Pamela Constable at the Washington Post:
Yeah, grew up; if only so that she could criticize current day Republicans and Trump supporters.
As a spear carrier in the war to fundamentally transform American culture Pamela doesn't get to say, “What happened?! Why aren’t there any mild-mannered patrician Republicans left?”
Those who killed civility don't get to mourn its passing or appeal to it in any way. That's for those who actually appreciated and tried to maintain civility.
I rejected my parents’ WASP values. Now I see we need them more than ever.
Visiting home ..., I found myself noticing and appreciating things I had always taken for granted — the tamed greenery and smooth streets, the absence of fear and abundance of choice, the code of good manners and civilized discussion. I also began to learn things about my parents I had never known and to realize that I had judged them unfairly. I had confused their social discomfort with condescension and their conservatism with callousness....
In March 2013, Dad passed away at 96; my mother followed him at 97. I was relieved that they had not lived to see their party’s new standard-bearer hurling vulgar taunts and whipping up xenophobic crowds, or to witness the rout of the rational, civilized conservative norms that had defined their lives and guided public policy for a century.
Yeah, grew up; if only so that she could criticize current day Republicans and Trump supporters.
As a spear carrier in the war to fundamentally transform American culture Pamela doesn't get to say, “What happened?! Why aren’t there any mild-mannered patrician Republicans left?”
Those who killed civility don't get to mourn its passing or appeal to it in any way. That's for those who actually appreciated and tried to maintain civility.