What_DDQ Joe_NP1 ,_, Serena_NP1 ,_, and_CC Kayne_NP1 had_VHD to_TO learn_VVI The_AT House_NN1 has_VHZ officially_RR disapproved_VVN of_IO Republican_NN1 Congressman_NN1 Joe_NP1 Wilson_NP1 's_GE behavior_NN1 in_II shouting_VVG ,_, "_" You_PPY lie_VV0 !_! "_" at_II President_NNB Obama_NP1 during_II his_APPGE healthcare_NN1 speech_NN1 to_II Congress_NN1 last_MD week_NNT1 ._. 
If_CS only_RR a_AT1 simple_JJ vote_NN1 could_VM slap_VVI back_RP similar_JJ kinds_NN2 of_IO personal_JJ attacks_NN2 that_CST are_VBR now_RT so_RG prevalent_JJ in_II American_JJ public_JJ discourse_NN1 ._. 
Two_MC examples_NN2 from_II the_AT weekend_NNT1 :_: Tennis_NN1 dynamo_NN1 Serena_NP1 Williams_NP1 hurled_VVD finger-pointing_JJ profanities_NN2 at_II a_AT1 line_NN1 judge_NN1 for_IF calling_VVG a_AT1 foot_NN1 fault_NN1 during_II her_APPGE crucial_JJ serve_VV0 at_II the_AT US_NP1 Open_JJ ._. 
Rapper_NP1 Kayne_NP1 West_ND1 stormed_VVD the_AT stage_NN1 at_II the_AT Video_NN1 Music_NN1 Awards_NN2 to_TO snatch_VVI the_AT mike_NN1 from_II winner_NN1 Taylor_NP1 Swift_NP1 during_II her_APPGE acceptance_NN1 remarks_NN2 ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 'm_VBM sorry_JJ ,_, but_CCB Beyonce_NP1 had_VHD one_MC1 of_IO the_AT best_JJT videos_NN2 of_IO all_DB time_NNT1 ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 pronounced_VVD ,_, as_CSA the_AT stunned_JJ Ms._NNB Swift_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 teenage_JJ country_NN1 singer_NN1 ,_, looked_VVD on_RP ._. 
Lawmakers_NN2 ,_, athletes_NN2 ,_, celebrities_NN2 --_JJ people_NN in_II such_DA visible_JJ positions_NN2 should_VM be_VBI helping_VVG a_AT1 diverse_JJ America_NP1 get_VV0 along_RP ,_, not_XX telling_VVG one_PPX121 another_PPX122 to_TO move_VVI along_RP ._. 
And_CC yet_RR they_PPHS2 so_RR often_RR model_VV0 the_AT worst_JJT behavior_NN1 --_NN1 reinforced_VVN by_II an_AT1 anonymous_JJ electronic_JJ culture_NN1 that_CST spreads_VVZ insult_NN1 over_II the_AT Internet_NN1 ,_, egged_VVD on_RP by_II "_" shock_NN1 jocks_NN2 "_" who_PNQS require_VV0 new_JJ shock_NN1 to_TO surpass_VVI stale_JJ shock_NN1 ,_, and_CC even_RR preached_VVN in_II some_DD pulpits_NN2 ._. 
Before_CS last_MD week_NNT1 ,_, Congressman_NN1 Wilson_NP1 was_VBDZ just_RR one_MC1 of_IO 435_MC members_NN2 of_IO the_AT House_NN1 of_IO Representatives_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 Republican_NN1 from_II South_NP1 Carolina_NP1 known_VVN mostly_RR to_II his_APPGE constituents_NN2 ._. 
Now_RT his_APPGE "_" You_PPY lie_VV0 !_! "_" inspires_VVZ T-shirts_NN2 ,_, posters_NN2 ,_, and_CC protesters_NN2 ._. 
Not_XX to_TO put_VVI down_RP dissent_NN1 ;_; debate_NN1 makes_VVZ democracy_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB personal_JJ attack_NN1 can_VM tear_VVI it_PPH1 down_RP ._. 
It_PPH1 reduces_VVZ debate_NN1 to_II smears_NN2 ._. 
It_PPH1 obfuscates_VVZ ._. 
It_PPH1 spreads_VVZ mistrust_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Wilson_NP1 charge_NN1 that_CST Obama_NP1 lied_VVD about_II healthcare_NN1 and_CC illegal_JJ immigration_NN1 papered_VVN over_II the_AT actual_JJ wording_NN1 of_IO the_AT main_JJ House_NN1 bill_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ states_VVZ "_" no_AT federal_JJ payment_NN1 for_IF undocumented_JJ aliens_NN2 ._. "_" 
Wilson_NP1 's_GE complaint_NN1 is_VBZ about_II the_AT enforcement_NN1 of_IO that_DD1 wording_NN1 --_NN1 a_AT1 subtlety_NN1 lost_VVN in_II a_AT1 two-word_JJ accusation_NN1 ._. 
Democrats_NN2 are_VBR moving_VVG to_TO strengthen_VVI the_AT wording_NN1 ,_, but_CCB the_AT misimpression_NN1 remains_VVZ that_CST their_APPGE legislation_NN1 would_VM make_VVI government-subsidized_JJ healthcare_NN1 available_JJ to_II illegals_NN2 ._. 
The_AT congressman_NN1 rightly_RR apologized_VVD to_II the_AT president_NN1 (_( through_II Mr._NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE chief_NN1 of_IO staff_NN )_) and_CC Obama_NP1 graciously_RR accepted_VVD his_APPGE apology_NN1 ._. 
Republicans_NN2 ,_, too_RR ,_, regretted_VVD Wilson_NP1 's_GE historic_JJ outburst_NN1 in_II the_AT House_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB whatever_DDQV sincerity_NN1 was_VBDZ involved_VVN has_VHZ since_RR been_VBN lost_VVN in_II a_AT1 sea_NN1 of_IO mistrust_NN1 and_CC cynicism_NN1 amid_II charges_NN2 of_IO racism_NN1 about_II Wilson_NP1 and_CC political_JJ game-playing_NN1 in_II the_AT Democrats_NN2 '_GE reprimand_NN1 ._. 
Add_VV0 to_II that_DD1 ,_, the_AT fact_NN1 that_CST both_DB2 sides_NN2 are_VBR gaining_VVG financially_RR from_II political_JJ donations_NN2 related_VVN to_II the_AT episode_NN1 ._. 
The_AT "_" politics_NN1 of_IO personal_JJ destruction_NN1 "_" go_VV0 way_NN1 back_RP in_II America_NP1 ._. 
In_II 1856_MC ,_, a_AT1 Massachusetts_NP1 senator_NN1 was_VBDZ actually_RR beaten_VVN unconscious_JJ in_II Congress_NN1 for_IF his_APPGE antislavery_JJ remarks_NN2 ._. 
It_PPH1 did_VDD n't_XX come_VVI to_II that_DD1 during_II the_AT impeachment_NN1 of_IO Bill_NP1 Clinton_NP1 or_CC the_AT war_NN1 years_NNT2 of_IO George_NP1 W._NP1 Bush_NP1 ,_, but_CCB the_AT personal_JJ attacks_NN2 from_II both_RR conservatives_NN2 and_CC liberals_NN2 during_II those_DD2 presidencies_NN2 greatly_RR distracted_VVN from_II the_AT issues_NN2 at_II hand_NN1 ._. 
Thomas_NP1 Jefferson_NP1 had_VHD it_PPH1 right_RR in_II his_APPGE manual_NN1 of_IO parliamentary_JJ procedure_NN1 :_: "_" No_PN121 one_PN122 is_VBZ to_TO disturb_VVI another_DD1 in_II his_APPGE speech_NN1 by_II hissing_VVG ,_, coughing_VVG ,_, spitting_VVG ,_, speaking_VVG or_CC whispering_VVG to_II another_DD1 ;_; nor_CC to_TO stand_VVI up_RP or_CC interrupt_VVI him_PPHO1 ._. "_" 
Only_RR through_II civil_JJ discourse_NN1 can_VM people_NN hear_VV0 one_PPX121 another_PPX122 and_CC work_VV0 together_RL ._. 
Jefferson_NP1 knew_VVD this_DD1 ,_, and_CC ,_, if_CS we_PPIS2 all_DB think_VV0 about_II it_PPH1 ,_, so_RR do_VD0 we_PPIS2 ._. 
