How civil was the provincial election?
KAMLOOPS — Not very, if you want One Man’s Opinion.
I mentioned during the campaign how much I hated attack ads. Some thought they served a purpose. Maybe they do. Some people may even like them. I don’t. I believe firmly that our lack of civility towards each other is a leading cause of disruption in our world today. I have spent much time studying the negative impacts of uncivil behavior, and it’s shocking to see how many problems are created because we’ve forgotten how to be civil.
I’ve been an integral part of a civility movement within a fraternity I am a member of. Internationally, we have been working with the National Civility Centre in the U.S. and other groups to create civility scorecards to measure this kind of behavior, and focus on doing a better job of eliminating things like cyberbullying, and other uncivil activity which is the root of deeper issues.
How much effect do you think the behavior of Donald Trump has on the rest of society? How much impact do you think much of the tripe on social media has? Over 10 per cent of victims of cyberbullying commit suicide because of it. An expert in internet crime against children recently told a U.S. seminar that we seem to forget we need to be kind. Cathie Bledsoe said students commit suicide because they can’t stand up to general online harassment. How do you teach people to be strong, and withstand the spreading of lies?