Civility Quote by Jimmy Wales

““Now, you may think this is all kindergarten ethics, right down to the time-out for naught kids. If so, you are correct. … Civility is what people need to establish relationships and cooperate… But civility does not mean-I can’t underscore this strongly enough-minimizing or downplaying disagreements, much less avoiding disagreement altogether. We not only should disagree when we have sincere, thoughtful objections. We must. Disagreements it is how we learn from each other and get smarter together. It is not uncivil to disagree. Civility simply demands that we put the focus on the substance of the disagreement, not on the people disagreeing.””

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