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Compare and contrast the career advice of Mr. Nixon (from Ezra Pound's "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley"). 
I can't get over this friendly advice from Bret Stephens, which I really think lays out the problem with "civility" as promoted by the American elite.
As is well known, I'm not a fan of civility & believe that political discussion is best serve by bluntness. But, I'm open-minded and have been willing to listen to arguments that a code of politeness has its usefulness (in persuasiveness, mainly).
I've tried to heed the counsel fo the civility fetishists and curb my dunking but then I learn from Stephens that civility isn't about the advancement of knowledge but rather a good career move. You never know who you might want a favor from!
Reading Stephens, this is what civility comes down to: the professional courtesy whereby we all protect each other's phoney baloney jobs.
