#incivility — Public Fediverse posts

Mowing down children and the racist feeding frenzy that followed.
Alabama in the 1930s?

"* Two children, who were riding a motorised pushbike and left with serious injuries, were allegedly pursued and mowed down by 56-year-old Gol Gol man Andrew Brien.."

"Mr Brien allegedly pursued the children through the pedestrian-only mall in the belief they were involved in vandalism at his partner's real estate business. However, the court heard the children were "blameless" of any offending on the night."

"The amount and volume of racist and violent comments surged after the incident, with hundreds of social media posts laying blame on the boys and praising the driver."

"The act alone was shocking, but what followed on social media revealed a distressing and damaging ugliness...What we've seen lately in terms of social media is that anger is coming out in really primal responses, in ideas and thoughts and beliefs which do not have a place in a civilised society."

"It is not OK to hurt children. It is never OK to hurt children. It's not OK to call this man a hero."

"No-one should see violence against their children or community being celebrated or joked about...I don't want to see comments that I think would be better placed in 1930s Alabama". >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/mildura-leaders-call-for-calm-after-boys-struck-by-ute/107032768

* "A 24-year-old hit and run driver who injured two pedestrians, one of them fatally, sped away and then bragged about it to his friends has been spared jail time in Darwin."
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRPw3srQeg
#children #cars #violence #dehumanisation #racism #harm #UTEs #motorists #pedestrians #malls #FirstNationsPeoples #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #incivility #SocialMedia #hate #governance

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 241 (1955)

More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/16794/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #badmanners #boorishness #bully #discourtesy #impoliteness #impudence #incivility #insolence #rudeness #weakness

A quotation from Robert Heinlein

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot. […] This symptom is especially serious in that an individual displaying it never thinks of it as a sign of ill health but as proof of his/her strength.

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) American writer
Friday, ch. 23 [Boss] (1983)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/heinlein-robert-a/78…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #heinlein #robertheinlein #robertaheinlein #civility #culture #society #badmanners #ego #impoliteness #inconsideration #manners #rudeness #selfimage #strength #selfishness #incivility

Suspending Meta

I posted the below to my followers on Facebook.

I have made the very difficult decision to suspend posting on this (Meta/FB/IG) platform indefinitely. Facebook and Instagram have been a home for me, a community, and my first steps into a world where I felt accepted and valued for who I was. However, I no longer believe the dominant culture of these platforms support the communities I care so deeply about. I cannot, in good conscience, normalize incivility while allowing Meta to generate revenue from content which I created, as they so blatantly cast aside standards meant to protect the very communities I cherish.

I would like to thank everyone who has been part of my extended family since sharing my adventures. I hope, in time, we can reconnect in other spaces that feel and are actually safe. Until then, please remember, I love you.

P.S. My other social links mattdobbins.com

#cherishingCommunities #community #communityProtection #contentCreation #digitalAccountability #digitalPlatforms #ethicalContentCreation #Facebook #incivility #Instagram #leavingSocialMedia #Meta #onlineCulture #onlineFamily #onlineSafety #platformStandards #safeSpaces #socialMedia #socialMediaBreak #socialMediaCulture #socialMediaSuspension

"If you're looking for objective data on incivility in public spaces, the FAA's Unruly Passenger Statistics provide a surprisingly detailed view" ... I EAT TAPAS offers some crunchable numbers in dubious_dude's Ask Metafilter thread about the seeming trend of people behaving badly in public.

https://ask.metafilter.com/373801/Did-people-wear-pajamas-in-public-back-in-the-1990s#5313573

#incivility #anger #behavior #public #society

@smoke Thanks for this. The use of the phrase #academicfreedom to protect the long-present corridors of domination within the academy is distressing. It is also rhetorically hard to counter for those who have not lived in these halls. We need more books and essays and book reviews for this part of the struggle. #incivility #resistance

In many walks of life, #rudeness is on the rise.
Anger and toxicity are hallmarks of social media. Research shows that rude behavior #spreads like a virus, not only through people who experience it but also through those who witness it, and recent polls suggest most Americans believe #incivility has risen to crisis levels. It’s a problem in the workplace, where 3 out of 5 employees report they experience rudeness at least once a week.
https://protomag.com/policy/be-nice/

Per chi è interessato a #incivility nella comunicazione e alla #disinformazione, ne parliamo domani (online), qui: https://stroncature.substack.com/p/la-politica-dellincivilta-di-sara

#introduction

I am a political communication #polcomm scholar at the U of Amsterdam, interested in the dark side of politics - #NegativeCampaigning, #Incivility, #Polarization, #PoliticalViolence, and #DarkPersonality.
Interested in #MetaScience and more specifically on #PeerReview practices.
Currently Associate Editor at the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties (JEPOP) and the Journal of Social and Political Psychology (JSPP).
#Eurovision enthusiast, co-human of Elsa the cat 🐈

"76% of respondents experience incivility at least once a month."

"78% witness incivility at work at least once a month, and 70% witness it at least two to three times a month."

"73% report that it’s not unusual for customers to behave badly."

"78% believe that bad behavior from customers toward employees is more common than it was five years ago."

https://hbr.org/2022/11/frontline-work-when-everyone-is-angry

#incivility #behavior #work #psychology #safety