Finger-pointing began even before the authorities have confirmed that one of the victims of the shooting rampage near Tucson is Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Shame on the Pima County sheriff, they said, for sullying a tragedy with a comment calling Arizona “Mecca for prejudice and bigotry.”
In the days after the shooting, words of warning are still fresh, the lawmakers promised to encourage civility in new and the other the Giffords were wounded or killed. However a year later, the Americans and their leaders are elected is still struggling to show each other respect when a different opinion. Partisan brinksmanship plays out in Washington. Back home, the electorate treat lawmakers with scorn and berate each other for dissent. The survey shows that Americans recognize the lack of civility and want their leader to be better, but experts say that until the people exercises its own decency and demand from their representatives, who will be slightly changed.