A general call for a return to the concept of shame

It isn't necessary to go all the way to lace collars and kidskin gloves, but for all the GOSPers howl about wanting to return to the golden days of yesteryore, wouldn't it be nice if anybody in America had a sense of decency?

Whose mother says, "Yes, it's not bad manners at all to publicly threaten elected officials as long as you can think up an ugly enough name to call them?"

Whose mother says, "Always think up the most absurd motives to ascribe to your political opponents so you can justify murder and mayhem?"

Whose mother says, "Go on teevee and say, 'errr.....errr...individuals and organizations advocating the violent overthrow of the government really have the right idea',"?

Decorum went out with the Western Roman Empire; it's all Vandals and Visigoths framing the debate today. Fold up those gloves with a lavender cachet and hopefully they'll come back into style.