<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 01:45:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/civility/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Communal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics Understanding the War on Drugs in Bagong Silang, Philippines #14/204]]></title><description><![CDATA[In relation to her political patron, Oca Malapitan, for example, Maricel was adamant that theirs was a purely transactional relationship. She did not feel any debt to Oca. At other times, she had incurred]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/civility/@humanrights-ph/philippine-corruption-communal-intimacy-and-the-violence-of-politics-understanding-the-war-on-drugs-in-bagong-silang-philippines-14-204</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/civility/@humanrights-ph/philippine-corruption-communal-intimacy-and-the-violence-of-politics-understanding-the-war-on-drugs-in-bagong-silang-philippines-14-204</guid><category><![CDATA[civility]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[humanrights-ph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:40:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curtailing corporal punishment and gun rights. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The push to curtail corporal punishment (disciplining children) reminds me of the push to curtail gun rights in that its advocates love to rely on half-truths and cherry-picked data. You've probably heard]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/civility/@flexbooth/curtailing-corporal-punishment-and-gun-rights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/civility/@flexbooth/curtailing-corporal-punishment-and-gun-rights</guid><category><![CDATA[civility]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 23:23:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Gk2nmMzZsWTf3jiuB51oh3DWztm53MXp5wUn3RtAqEtnFyqrCzTH7WVfvHzBLnV5j3GSQM6rSubTS1Me6GvPv2Ukoqb7x6Vquqxq7mGECKDChfpir?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civility is good. Political correctness is evil.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think that the only way that people make political correctness palatable and make it seem like a PC world wouldn't also be one devoid of joy and laughter is to try to conflate political correctness with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/political/@flexbooth/civility-is-good-political-correctness-is-evil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/political/@flexbooth/civility-is-good-political-correctness-is-evil</guid><category><![CDATA[political]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 23:43:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi6ksuzVh6Jg2nEp6wn6URVpJYJ87uTQCYCoxGtAqPMhn8oDdtSjPWEwzz8znKfvLKSF2PsSrkkYcVmY9C8D8366?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correcting someone who has said/done something harmful.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of noise in certain places being made over certain people (or person, I won't name names) who have made some pretty bad decisions regarding how they "promote" themselves and hitchhiking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dispute/@arbitration/correcting-someone-who-has-said-done-something-harmful</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dispute/@arbitration/correcting-someone-who-has-said-done-something-harmful</guid><category><![CDATA[dispute]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 23:44:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpJsFx5ZTUUrUibFNjXr6PJEx7TRckG7oawH8jECara?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hive Pope Sermon: Avoiding Informal Fallacies]]></title><description><![CDATA[While a formal fallacy is an error in the structure of an argument, an informal fallacy tends to avoid the matter at hand entirely, demonstrating disregard for both your own position and that of those]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hivepope/@hivepope/hive-pope-sermon-avoiding-informal-fallacies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hivepope/@hivepope/hive-pope-sermon-avoiding-informal-fallacies</guid><category><![CDATA[hivepope]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hivepope]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 17:37:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWFxzgF7aevFQV6E69FQteY5wxrfE69D2LP2L3hC7RLXChWPzdcTuyLdZqYum4D9xDeheBvDpUkirLvvhTZ9uaXPCZ1DVyUAu6o252iFJKMFNL7WnMuxgJYu2tSondgV4RBJ3Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breed peace not violence.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the last few days, from multiple directions, I have heard voices both public and private lay down the groundwork for violence. While those voices may use the fig-leaf defense that they didn't actually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/peace/@pomeline/breed-peace-not-violence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/peace/@pomeline/breed-peace-not-violence</guid><category><![CDATA[peace]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pomeline]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 04:41:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPJqiyAXbAnCFcLgRjHn3G3BDbXKNZ4gyjTdMCVu8jw7ZYVoZftdEpFXQ96b2aeAH2Jh187EXG2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human Rights in Hong Kong]]></title><description><![CDATA[I understand why the U.S. government recently passed a law to show some support for the people of Hong Kong. But I am scared because the U.S. government chose to criticize China in such a public and direct]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hongkongprotests/@lalai/human-rights-in-hong-kong-s3wbdzrk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hongkongprotests/@lalai/human-rights-in-hong-kong-s3wbdzrk</guid><category><![CDATA[hongkongprotests]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lalai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:38:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixUN6goP7mfbtB1xXPUgabSDnnTDGVc7cKsjbqQzYNZEyzhxMuvkiuqgSVvNmL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest rally in Hong Kong yesterday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday in Hong Kong, there was one of the biggest rally against the extradition law. One of the things to call my eye was that aside the big rally there was teenagers taken care of the garbage, so the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/rally/@aljif7/the-biggest-rally-in-hong-kong-yesterday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/rally/@aljif7/the-biggest-rally-in-hong-kong-yesterday</guid><category><![CDATA[rally]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aljif7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:46:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP5YWiZa92YEFgAT9z2DMTwxFi1G7fjxBBCgGgZcXdXmJ47Jo4ayA3WvM9RzLAPwE2FMF6kwHLS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civility and Respect]]></title><description><![CDATA[Civility and Respect Yes, its been a while since I published a newsletter.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/civility/@paulswansen/civility-and-respect</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/civility/@paulswansen/civility-and-respect</guid><category><![CDATA[civility]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulswansen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2019 22:34:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sources of online risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friends and family are a growing source of online risk. Online abuse can cause emotional, psychological and even physical pain. Online harassment is often personal. Read full article here: Microsoft says]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/internet/@cybermeister/sources-of-online-risks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/internet/@cybermeister/sources-of-online-risks</guid><category><![CDATA[internet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cybermeister]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:27:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQGuFpxEc4LCottFxMNbMxxMBJM9Bv4zTZ1xvNrYtAH9nyV4uh1pJN3a9fsMynGZJTuhfsMpPJW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Sen. Kevin Parker tells GOP Aide to “Kill Yourself” and Should be Removed from Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having opinions that Jack doesn't like gets you banned off twitter, but politicians telling private citizens to kill themselves is ok. #KevinParker #CandiceGiove #GOPAide #ParkingViolation #Civility Resign:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/kevinparker/@real2offendisok/3ykgmoeb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/kevinparker/@real2offendisok/3ykgmoeb</guid><category><![CDATA[kevinparker]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[real2offendisok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 03:20:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMDUGbvZjmomr8qXyQsCSCAq23j85xwfWzbBgZTwiPNV5LYutLMQZdopdc2hKe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changing the Political Conversation]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@alexmerced/changing-the-political-conversation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@alexmerced/changing-the-political-conversation</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexmerced]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 12:41:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ4pxGS48XpqiHkvYPPgRWrzR64pV1U4Sn5zoMojomxF7MSAVDxGEif3sb4zzVer1M5JNZrKT4qNbyaK79Rgsjzqyp8sHgfegGDiwTEPjPgMHs8UhgZ6VNE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Day with 2 Cents (Oct 13, 2018)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week's news wrap-up featuring Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation protests, Hillary Clinton's call to end civility, Google's leaked document regarding internet censorship, and Kaitlin Bennett of Liberty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hillary/@my2centss/2-day-with-2-cents-oct-13-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hillary/@my2centss/2-day-with-2-cents-oct-13-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[hillary]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[my2centss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2018 21:26:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45ePdJfu1v5DaZZLWczJAH4Q4Wzesu7Y1q2Sz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our civility is supplied to us by our forebears]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Church has stood here for twenty centuries. For two thousand years it has read and sung from the same bible, and it has told the societies that have listened to it the same thing. It has consistently]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@douglasknight/our-civility-is-supplied-to-us-by-our-forebears</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@douglasknight/our-civility-is-supplied-to-us-by-our-forebears</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[douglasknight]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 10:11:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah yes... I distinctly remember forgetting that detail]]></title><description><![CDATA[More often that not when people complain about the distribution of stake, they seem to forget a the fact that as much as the system is not ideal, by any measure, they've also had a part to play on it.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@meno/ah-yes-i-distinctly-remember-forgetting-that-detail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@meno/ah-yes-i-distinctly-remember-forgetting-that-detail</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:21:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM19eBf5mzVXgDWL1u5R2QBPcehfT78PuS7H6ehDTgU13ZMyoJsnJvu211yFRceDWYsYcDkSQ1Ewsr8j5p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#WalkAway – A New Road to Unity?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For decades politicians in America have effectively used identity politics as a political strategy, but there is something seismic happening about which most of the corporate media isn't reporting.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@roused/walkaway-a-new-road-to-unity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@roused/walkaway-a-new-road-to-unity</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[roused]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:31:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP4vYZAjJaiieJcg3v9iJ29ZigfNdVtZDfC2Jp8ZYwyWvSJ1Dnfqs8jrtZ6MZoPgYo7VLqjXouQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women, Is This What We Want?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a woman, how do you feel when almost every day the news proclaims yet another man has publically tumbled from his position due to his alleged ill-treatment of women? Are you raising your fist feeling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@nancyfredericks/women-is-this-what-we-want</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@nancyfredericks/women-is-this-what-we-want</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nancyfredericks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2018 01:51:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Gr7d242AAPKdHsv38E62dikXDSFLLH7S1ZjNruB7UYasXNDERuTSrY15mTfWxB6MYWwQUowdNsjzbsseUv9dBnE5sNZNrvWTfukb2t6aXP2PFMeBcKVJH6HELkGfiioBDPQjUQ1BBubMisj2sjtn8iZNyJps5KYLSsYAL2fDeFKjfDmzgAz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calling for civility.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have called for civility in the past but today I'd like to clarify what I meant by that. My claim is that WHEN YOU ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, you should strive to be polite no matter what others do. Do not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/civility/@honeybee/calling-for-civility</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/civility/@honeybee/calling-for-civility</guid><category><![CDATA[civility]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 12:54:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX8tGXNY8jeXKSedJ2aRhGRj6HDecqridtMhcN3uu9oToKZv8cxbGnbtPtbahe8URqjYZKPmxirs7gwpubQYESQHwSnnbtwFiSEi4W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[About good manners.]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can get a good education not only in your family or at school, but also... in yourself. You just need to know what real education is. I do not undertake to give lessons of good manners, as he does]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@aydogdy/about-good-manners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@aydogdy/about-good-manners</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aydogdy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 04:15:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruv8X2R8t7XDv5HGXyHWCCu4rKmbB5pmEzjYSfSFs92wAka3mf1H74N9pfg6jbgawWKNfnCnn2RNrF4BcckzjQPeWFvJGm6HTkKAsQ2bx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[RT @Weinsteinlaw: Civility in politics is important,

but not nearly as important as reproductive rights, access to healthcare, marriage eq…]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wed Jun 27 22:11:05 +0000 2018 @alyssa.milano tweeted.RT @Weinsteinlaw: Civility in politics is important, but not nearly as important as reproductive rights, access to healthcare, marriage eq… time I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tweet/@alyssa.milano/20180627t230005604z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tweet/@alyssa.milano/20180627t230005604z</guid><category><![CDATA[tweet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alyssa.milano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 23:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/0x0/https://satoshigood.com/steem/render_cache/alyssa.milano/1012096000549408774.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item></channel></rss>