Posted on 08/12/2013 5:58:09 AM PDT by ReformationFan
I don’t know when it became OK for people to be so open about the weird stuff they are into. I have always lived by the code whatever you do is fine as long as I don’t have to see it. It’s been a mantra for decades. However, since the dawn of the internet people have been very happy to share things about themselves that not everyone wants to know and most of it is downright obscene.
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Isaiah 3:9.
The ad for “Men’s Health” (ahem) front-and-center on the linked site is an interesting touch.
IMO this conflates in jigsaw-puzzle fashion with Bill Whittle’s contention that libs have this built-in assumption of moral superiority. Because they stand for clean water, it’s OK to have sex when you’re 12. Because they stand for helping the little guy, it’s OK to shout down people who have differing opinions. Because they stand for the children, it’s OK to advocate for the loss of gun rights. Because they stand for unlimited abortion, it’s important to provide anyone with free contraceptives.
There is no shame because a large portion of society has no sense of right or wrong and the rest of us have resigned ourselves to accept their open reveling in evil as an unchangeable part of life.
Here in Florida, a man murdered his wife, took a picture of her dead body and posted it on FB.
“Status: Just Killed my wife.”
He was, of course, apprehended. Does the FB posting count as a “Confession”?
It is the result of living in a ‘liberal society.’
Do a little skimming of liberal ethics essays and it will dawn on you why we no longer have shame.
A liberal society embraces pluralism, in the sense that it does not seek to impose any one vision of what it means to be virtuous or to lead a good life. Within such a society, approval is commonly expressed for John Stuart Mill’s view that “experiments in living” should not be merely tolerated, but actually welcomed and celebrated (Mill 1974: 120).
Shame went out of our society after Woodstock.
. . .And the really sad side-effect is that NOTHING is all that shocking anymore. Our “wierd filters” have adjusted the threshold of “wierd” far beyond what they were even 15 years ago. . .
Excellent post. The moral superiority list could go on and on but you’ve made the point well with those examples. I haven’t read Mr. Whittle but he obviously understands the liberal psyche.
Regarding the psychology of the Left, I would add that they are fundamentally immature and insecure. Like children, they want what they want without regard to any consequences. Just give it to me right now and I don’t care if it hurts or inconveniences anyone else. And there’s a deep seated insecurity in liberals that believes everyone needs to be taken care of so government to them is the ultimate answer to everything. Individuals who accomplish things on their own are viewed as a wicked threat as they challenge the very feelings of superiority that you referred to.
He was, of course, apprehended. Does the FB posting count as a “Confession”?
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Probably not. He was just sharing his deep seated emotional distress with others. /sarc
There is no shame because a large portion of society has no sense of right or wrong and the rest of us have resigned ourselves to accept their open reveling in evil as an unchangeable part of life.
It IS an unchangeable part of life in the end times. But we all have at least some say in how much a part of our personal life it is.
The one for Catholic books is related to my searches, as is anything in Spanish. “Men’s health,” however ... the males in my family don’t use this account!
. . .And the really sad side-effect is that NOTHING is all that shocking anymore. Our “wierd filters” have adjusted the threshold of “wierd” far beyond what they were even 15 years ago. . .
To have “deep seated emotional distress” requires a conscience.
Isaiah 3:9.
I wrote to the NRA once and told them that ads of that kind supported the stereotype that men use guns when they feel their “equipment” is inadequate. Others must have objected to, because eventually, they got a better class of ads.
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