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Miss Manners: Is civility still valued when leaders reward rudeness?

A reader asks whether civility still matters after political figures model and praise unseemly conduct.

Published Jul 21, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive

Dear Miss Manners: Since some political figures have demonstrated and encouraged boorish behavior, what was once seen as good breeding is now eschewed as unnecessary or unmanly. Is there still a place in such a world for civility?