The essay by Cornell W. Clayton explores why we are so incivil when it comes to dealing with people that disagree with you on a plethora of issues in the world of politics. He begins his essay with examples of uncivil behavior that has happened recently in the world of politics. A superb example of this; as Wilson explains, During an event where President Obama spoke about his health care bill, South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson yelled, “You lie!” at the president (355 356 Models for writers) He would later go on with more examples in early American history, but one thing that they all have in common is that politics have always been gridlock by partisanship.