Johan Maurer weighs in on the civility-in-politics questions happening now. He makes useful distinctions between mass behavior and spontaneous protest and then lays out the situation for those of us who follow the Prince of Peace.
I’m convinced that the USA is in a kind of danger that is new to most of us. But even if our worst fears turn out to be exaggerated, the scale of pain and despair among some (and wicked glee among others) is something that demands a prophetic and pastoral response from all who claim to represent Good News.
Also check out his list of eight options for responding to the current political crisis.
https://blog.canyoubelieve.me/2018/06/sowing-in-tears-part-two-red-hens.html
IMO there is a difference between being uncivil and confrontational. I think often about the Civil Rights Movement. Seems to me they were confrontational, they got in people’s faces, but I don’t see them as uncivil. I see uncivil, for instance, as a public official calling for journalists to be “curb-stomped,” among other comments. We don’t have to sink to that level. We can hit hard and be effective without doing that.