Publicly Threatening to Lose Your Motherfucking Shit and 5 Other Great Ways to Ask for More Civility

A Guest column in The Needling by District 5 Seattle City Councilmember Cathy Moore

We live in extremely politically divisive times, and that’s why it’s more important than ever to ask for more civility by repeatedly publicly threatening to open a can of whoop-ass on anyone who disagrees with you, doesn’t immediately follow your orders like when you were a court judge, or—God forbid—holds a mirror up to your face. Here are my favorite ways to ask for more civility and why.