If we keep "turning the other cheek" we'll end up with broken jaws. I'm a polite individual but politeness will only get you so far. At some point people have to make a stand and say what is actually on their minds in as powerful a way as they know how.

Politicians and bureaucrats won't change until people start treating them with contempt, both socially and professionally.

Playing nicey-nice with people that have little to no conscience doesn't work as a method of political change.

Being rude also doesn't work as a method of political change? It doesn't, and in addition you alienate people who thing being civilised is a good thing.

Politicians are already one of the most reviled groups around, and that doesn't discourage them.

Stage effective, organised opposition that will actually threaten their plushy careers, then they'll listen.

There's nothing civilized about being polite to people that are actively undermining our rights.

Politeness is reserved for society, not for antisocial personalities.