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The good, the bad and the false civility in public discourse

Pragmatic rules in public communication to a large extent ‘dictate’ formalised communication behaviour. Explicit rules are formulated in seemingly non-binding instructions or in strict laws stating what is not permitted in public discourse and providing punishments for violating the norms. The reasons 14why some contents and some signs become inexpressible differ from society to society, from one social group to another, and from individual to individual.The paper problematizes the concept of civility that is more than just politeness, making a distinction between true and false civility, and analyses formulaic expressions with varying degrees of illocutionary force, but with the same perlocutionary effect – humiliating the Other and expressing hate, incivility and impoliteness (Lane 2017). The point is that civility starts and ends with us as well, just because of our own behaviour management.

(in)civility, (im)politeness, public discourse, true and false ciivility

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