Super Rough Draft

              Civility is a term that is coined to mean formal politeness or courtesy, and this can be applied in both behavior and speech.  Despite the fact that civility should be an inevitable manner that is taken on by everyone, it can be seen more and more that civility among people is becoming more and more of a rarity. The people of the world seem to have a fascination with the idea of calling each other out, whether it be morally correct or not. The fact of the matter is, the world is becoming a smaller and smaller place everyday. People make connections through social medias, Internet, and cell phones constantly. The Internet is a young technological invention, but is the most rapid growing and the most obsessive addiction of this generation. With the idea of blogging, posting, and sharing thoughts on the worldwide web, threats arise in the forms of trolling, cyber-bullying, and hate comments. These threats are arising due to incivility, rudeness and bad morals. Yet the “trollers” and “bullies” feel no remorse, because in the online world, it is so easy to fake an identity and hide behind a screen. Deception and manipulation push trolls and bullies to continue what they are doing, and hurting people just due to the fact that they know they cannot be caught. This causes an issue of concern for the public in regards to political incivility, and if nothing is done to debunk the problem it will continue to creep into the center of our discourse. In order to propose a solution to the question of how the trolling and cyber-bullying phenomenon can be lessened to a degree, or even stopped completely; several approaches have been brought to light.  Taking pieces from each solution can contribute to a new approach to the situation all together. In this paper, political incivility and anonymity in the world today are analyzed through many different pieces of work including videos, news articles, and journals. In an effort to argue further on the topic, I will present my position as well as propose a solution to this overall problem of incivility and anonymity in the online world.

            As stated above, through thorough research on incivility in the online world I have been able to pick up on many different possible solutions to these problems. In order to better represent my assessment of what the greatest solution would be many different sources, articles, and journals aid me. I would like to present the position I call my own, and in this solution it is necessary that rules and regulations be put in place as well as filters across the World Wide Web. It is obvious the price of incivility has risen to astonishing numbers, for example “98% [of workers] have reported experiencing uncivil behavior in the workplace”. Incivility comes in various forms like stated in “The Price of Incivility” by Christine Porath and Christine Pearson, yet can have lasting effects. It is pointed out that “12% have left their jobs due to uncivil treatment”, “80% lost work time worrying about the incident”, and “63% lost work time voiding the offender”.