I am speaking to my daughters high school civic class on Thursday

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2. that comity is essential to Democracy

I would use the example of John Adams defending the British soldiers at the Boston Massacre and putting aside one's particular interests for the larger interests of building a system of laws.

I would then explain how what is happening now is an example of how one side doesn't respect the law making process and rather than contest the laws at elections is trying to create dysfunction to coerce a redo. It is like when your younger sibling loses a game and calls for permanent "redos" until they get the result you want. Or when a friend says 'flip for it' and after losing the flip says "2 out of 3" and then "3 out of 4". Democracy requires comity, a respect for the civility of the system even when you disagree with the other party.

They are witnessing an example of Democracy without any comity, indeed a faction of a party that is in principle against comity.