Civil Tension

Civil Tension

Weekly conversations on taboo topics. No topic is off limits, and are different each week. The only rule: Respect the integrity of the conversation. We are Civil, not polite. We are Civil, not p.c. Some people may find the topics and the conversations themselves, offensive. Do you know what happens you when you take offense? You receive a gift! The gift of the opportunity to listen, engage, learn, and grow. You might decide to disagree, and that's OK. You might decide to change your mind, and that's OK too!

Episodes

July 15, 2018 63 mins

"It's a shit show!" ~ "ANTIFA, they're anti-fascists who are the most fascist people in our society!" ~ "The country is evil!" ~ "I need to disagree with you on that." ~ "If you throw a punch at me, I'm gonna throw a punch back!" ~ "Gently, yes."

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“A place to do drugs. A place to rob people. A place to do all kinds of nefarious things.” ~ “This is hogwash!” ~ “Someone’s taken a dump in the street.” ~ “It’s getting a little deep.” ~ “All we did was sold shoes & socks.” ~ “They come with freakin’ M&Ms now!” ~ “I need a water!” 

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“America’s not so bad…” ~ “We are the only vestige of moral high ground that people can see!” ~ “Opening the border to everyone is simply stupid.” ~ “…the Pope may, o...

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“We’ve got so many things we can whine, piss, and moan about.” ~ “No! Really?” ~ “Kennedy would be a Republican today.” ~ “Well, Bob is Batman!” ~ “That’s why Trump gets a lot of crap.” ~ “Ahhhhhhhhhh…”

Should we have stopped while we were ahead?  Of course not!  Join Civil Tension h...

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“Conform or be destroyed!” ~ “You’re evil if you eat at Chick-Fil-A.” ~ “I look like a breaded veal cutlet.” ~ “If that’s the case, Evil is delicious!” ~ “We do hav...

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"What is the best way to live?" ~ "Listen to me you idiot!" ~ "Blah, blah, blah. Yack, yack, yack..." ~ "Why did you do that?!" ~ "Well, for the thrill of the hunt!" ~ "Doo, doo, doo, doo. Doo, doo, doo, doo." ~ "I'm no different from anybody else." ~ "I'm a li...

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"Andy just said that." ~ "Thanks for puttin' me under the bus!" ~ "Denise is pullin' out a weapon guys..." ~ "I was wonderin' when we could drink." ~ "That might not be a bad idea." 

This week on Civil Tension Episode 20; many sentences are said, and noises are made.  Join host Peter Gault, Co-Hosts Tom Sellars & Ken Nicholson (filling in for John Guanci), along with guests Denise Netzel, Ken Kass, Don Sivesind, Andy K...

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“Who are these idiots” ~ “It’s a good argument for a claymore” ~ “For the dolphins! For the termites!” ~ “Is you ain’t, ain’t you is, is you ain’t you ain’t you aren’t!” ~ “Is this a ‘title’ thing ” ~ “They don’t have to make a whole lot of excuses for firing you.”

These and other sentences said on this episode of Civil Tension with Host & Creator Peter Gault, and Co-Hosts: John Guanci &...

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“Now that they’re not here, let’s put our church-lady hats on.” ~ “Everybody has their own agenda!” ~ “They take a piece of the story and blow it up!” ~ “Well, you can still get fined for watering your lawn while it’s raining.” ~ "That's completely out of context!"

Civil Tension Host & Creator Peter Gault, together with 3 Co-Hosts: Bill Haase,...

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"Maybe there's opportunity in this chaos."  ~  "There's 100 million reasons why I will not agree with you!"  ~  "You gotta big pair!"  ~  "One nuclear bomb equals a whole lot of political influence."

Civil Tension Host & Creator Peter Gault, together with Co-Hosts  Tom Sellars & Ken Nicholson (sitting in for John Guanci), say these things and a whole lot more while talking with Guests, Bill...

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“They come in with a meat axe and completely lay waste to the entire institution!” ~ “We all get our brains washed.” ~ “Too many people don’t understand this is being done intentionally.” ~ “Hey! Slow d...

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“We need to regulate how people interact.” ~ “I am more important than you.” ~ “I completely disagree!” ~ “People don’t have the necessary decision making skills to monitor their own behavior.”

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"Their bullshit meters have been pinned to the right by us not admitting that we don't know stuff!"  "They're not afraid to do something stupid..."  "Cover-up's always worse than the crime!"  "You didn't spend enough money on that pee, dude."

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"What does it buy us, to have the ability to speak our mind without penalty?"  "Sooner or later, no one will have the right to say anything" "Somehow, I can see that!"  "Screw you! You're Wrong! You're doing it the wrong way!"

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"Why is Christianity being singled out?" ... "I wonder how many families gather around the meal table and say grace?" ... "Prayers aren't helping. You've got to take guns away." ... "You cannot coexist with anyone or anything that wants to do you harm."

Civil Tension Host & Creator Peter Gault, to...

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"This is a occurrence that slaps us in the face" ~ "I wash my peanut butter jars. I wash my trash." ~ "Now we're talking about indoctrination." 

Civil Tension Host & Creator Peter Gault, together with Co-Hosts John Guanci & Tom Sellars, say these things and a whole lot more while talking ...

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"If it bleeds, it leads" - "We can engage in all points of view" - "The fiscal conservative movement is dead" - "..'Y'All' is so gender-inclusive"

Civil Tension Host & Creator Peter Gault, together with Co-Hosts John Guanci & Tom Sellars, say these things and a whole lot more while talking with Committed Conversationalists Ken Nicholson, Dan Cwiak, Don Sivesind, Bill Haase, & Bob Gibbons.

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"This is so emotionally driven."  "There is a shift here that scares us all."  "Jump through my hoop!"  "It has two buttons.  Let me show you how it works."  "Well, dear..., because you're a total idiot."

What is truth?  Is truth only based on fact?  Or, is truth also about the emotion created through opinion and perception?  

All these comments and more on Episode 10 of Civil Tension.  Jo...

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"You would never want to have armed people in a faculty meeting..."  "How many shootings have we had at little league games?"  "...Boom, Boom, Boom! You've got the same thing.  It doesn't make any sense!"  "I have superb prostate health..."

All this and much, much more discussed in Civil Tension Episode 9 - Protect Our Schools!  With your Host Peter Gault, Co-Hosts John Guanci & Tom Sellars, and this wee...

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"14th Amendment-Section 1" - "No Guns For You" - "So a robber walks into a liquor store" - "If you lose your liberty & life, it's hard to be happy" - "Politicians say anything to get elected" - "If gun laws were actually effective" - "Do you want to be a Citizen, or a Subject"

Host Peter Gault & Co-Host John Guanci (Tom Sellars was excused for business), discuss all these things and more with Committed Conversationalists Bil...

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