I fully realize that I have become senior in nature. I proudly hold on to my AARP card and I am the person who turns down his car stereo so that he can see street signs better.

Maybe I am not old, but I am nostalgic.

Those of us who grew up in times where civility was at least more of the norm and people who were divisive lived somewhere else, not here are likely to, as I do, look back fondly.

We finished streaming the FX series “Mrs. America” the other night. The performances by all of the actors were wonderful, but as the final credits rolled, I looked at Joan and said, “You know, the same way of spinning things and creating divisiveness in our country have just continued for more than 40 years, haven’t they?”

It’s true.

It’s just that now that divisiveness is more up front and center.  All in the midst of a pandemic that continues to rend the very fabric of the nation.

And, unfortunately, it is much more widely accepted.

On May 27, there was a program on NPR, about how presidents respond to the nation in times of tragedy.

Bobby Kennedy, a candidate at the time, quoting Aeschylus impromptu when he announced to a campaign crowd that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been killed. Barack Obama in the church in Charleston spontaneously singing “Amazing Grace.”

George W. speaking from the heart after 9-11 and Ronald Reagan speaking to the nation after the Challenger disaster.

Our leader decided at this time of national divisiveness to take up a fight with a social media company, because he didn’t like them questioning him.

Then the horrific incident in Minneapolis took place, and things escalated from that point.

I guess if Twitter can take a swing at the low hanging fruit, maybe it’s not a bad idea to start to return to civility, by holding people to their words.

So, Michael Busch, in regards to your LTE published last Monday ... the phrase “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness...” Well, that’s in the Declaration of Independence, NOT the Bill of Rights, which is actually tacked on to the Constitution.

Tossing out Bible verses makes for convenient fodder.

Your notice “Your sins will find you out” is actually an admonishment from Moses to the people of Israel that if they didn’t violently oppose their enemies, God would know.

Maybe that’s the threat you meant to level. Or maybe, like many who quote a verse from the Bible out of context, the idea just fit what you were thinking at the time.

Whatever.

I am reminded of a line from “The Princess Bride,” where the character Inigo Montoya, played by Mandy Patinkin admonishes his boss by saying “I do not think that means what you think it means.”

Those are the low hangers - but does it make you wonder about other ‘statements’ that are made?

All in all, this is a good week to have in the rearview mirror. Maybe next week will be better.

It should be, if we all try just that tiny bit more, to be civil toward one another.