Everyone can agree that it’s nice to be nice and rude to be rude. So why not demand civility under the threat of legal punishment? That idea was hatched by Miami attorney Mikki Canton, a senior adviser to Mayor Tomás Regalado, and it got a respectful hearing at a recent meeting of the Miami Herald‘s editorial board, followed by respectful coverage in that paper on Sunday.
You might think that a lawyer and the editors of Miami’s leading newspaper would know something about the First Amendment, which protects rudeness along with crassness, indecency, racism, anti-Semitism, flag burning, tobacco billboards, violent video games, parodies involving incestuous sex, movies that make politicians look bad, and films in which women stomp on little furry animals. But neither Canton’s presentation nor the Herald‘s account of it betrayed any knowledge that freedom of speech is guaranteed by the Constitution. – READ MORE
Miami Mayor’s Adviser Proposes ‘Civility Courts’ Because Rudeness Is Bad
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