How can we promote internet civility?

Getting rid of it honestly. News is news and commenting on it won't change what happened. And most of the time the comments are wrong, some obscure, or doesn't need to be commented on because of it's topic(be it racial, death, or religion) The civility was lost in our generation once kids started raising kids. Civility or the understanding of it can only be once the mind and body has finished it's development; also Blogs and things like that tend to pump up a persons confidence since there's no real accountability on these social sites.

By treating others as you would like to be treated, and showing some consideration for viewpoints you may not agree with. If something is deliberately offensive or inflammatory, ignore or report it, but DON"T respond. As tempting as it is to post "You're an idiot," etc when someone is being rude/hateful etc, that's what they're looking for, and it only encourages more of the same.

It is extremely hard to be polite in response to a shocking news story. If you feel calm and polite having read a story about child cruelty or abuse, there must be something wrong with you. The same applies to political news stories where a government does something that seems very unfair or unjust. Such a story attracts debate and I have never known debate be polite.

By being polite

by promoting off-internet civility

by restricting freedom...... 'the price of freedom is eternal vigilance'

good comes with the bad. no biggie