Writing about the conservative reaction to liberals suddenly getting some teeth, Joe Conason says:
That melodramatic warning is a happy omen. If conservatives are suddenly worried about civility, perhaps they will begin to act civilly. A truer threat to democracy was the lopsided national discourse that conservatives have so loudly and rudely dominated in recent years. That's over, and good riddance.
Maybe I'm overly cynical, but I would be surprised if this really happened. Remember, this is the same crowd that still bitches and moans about liberal bias in the media, when there's really no such thing. In fact, now that I think about it, in addition to not getting less civil, they'll probably use some of this to continue to squawk about the "liberal media." They'll only get more civil when they start losing elections and advertising dollars.
Posted by Jason at October 1, 2003 02:48 PM