I disliked this so-called "civil" system from the start because of its penchant for misuse.  Votes are cast based on agreement/disagreement rather than an honest assessment of civility, so it's merely an "auto-censor" for those intolerant of others' views.  Unacceptable.  Silencing idiots deprives me of my God-given right to ridicule them.  Therefore I at first voted "civil" on everything, no matter how I felt about the comment or its author.  That got me this warning, which has appeared every time I log into comments for nearly two years:

"CivilBot Says:

Greetings! I've detected some questionable "civil/uncivil" votes from your account when reviewing the comments of others. Trustworthy "civil/uncivil" ratings are important for our community; accounts with patterns of unfair voting will be restricted."

If this comment is deleted, we may safely conclude that "CivilBot" defines "truthful" as "uncivil".