American Manners, an Oxymoron?

Let's consider what has become of basic courtesy and manners in the United States of America in 2019.

What if I told you that in our home, we have a policy of inviting a friend to spend four days with us at our house and that if all goes well we invite the guests to stay for for more days? What if this friend of a friend arrived and was condescending and hostile to anyone who disagreed with him? What if this guest of our guest began to call members of our family unkind names and barred others from coming to our home? What if this friend of our friend told ridiculous lies and gossiped openly in front of our children about rumors he'd heard about people we know and people we don't? What if we witnessed him derailing our families mission, cheating during games, and destroying our traditions. What if we observed our children repeating and replicating this attitude and this manner of speaking?

I think most responsible parents in the US would grow more mortified and uncomfortable with each passing day. Indeed, our friend might be asked to remove the guest.

One last question, if this guest of our friend asked to stay remain in our home for four more days, would you agree to let him stay? I believe in my heart of hearts that you, dear reader, would not. You would help him pack and call a ride for them.

Soon all the mannerly people in the United States of America can use their votes to demonstrate that American Manners are in tact. They were overshadowed with some darkness for a moment in time; but, soon a gentleperson will move in and the sun will shine again.

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