Civility does not require dishonesty. You can make firm, bold, blunt, and even emotionally powerful statements while remaining perfectly civil. Civility is not

Civility does not require dishonesty. You can make firm, bold, blunt, and even emotionally powerful statements while remaining perfectly civil. Civility is not a weakness. It is a strength. Being civil is always more effective for persuading people to your side. The only thing you can accomplish by being uncivil is rallying people who already agree with you (free upvotes), widening the divide between us and them.