Rough Draft #1

              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 be lessened to a degree, or even stopped completely, 

several approaches have been brought to light.  In this paper, political incivility and anonymity in the world today will be analyzed through many different pieces of work including videos, news articles, and journals; and I will present my position as well as propose a solution to this overall problem of incivility in the online world.

            In efforts to solve the incivility crisis that is suddenly rising due to the Internet as well as all forms of social medias, many solutions have been presented. These solutions can best be described as three potential resolutions; the “rules of discourse” position, the ban or restriction of anonymity, and the redefining of incivility. To look further into each one of these propositions different texts were analyzed to find the differing sides and opinions that can be offered to the overall issue.