Posted on 08/09/2021 4:11:25 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Institutions that we formerly respected and trusted are destroying their credibility at a pace that is accelerating. That's bad for democracy.
As we grow up, age and mature, we come to think that there are some that we can count on to call it straight. We can count on umpires to be neutral arbitrators of the strike zone. We thought we could rely on the Supreme Court to judge all laws, all ideas, all thoughts, all regulations, and all speech according to the U.S. Constitution. We thought scientists would pursue the truth.
I don't think we were being Pollyannaish, nor looking for rainbows, not ever acting as if we live in Mayberry. But at a certain age, we came to expect and appreciate certain political bodies, certain government agencies, and specific non-profits to judge all and everything according to the Constitution and rule of law. Even if we did not agree with them on a specific matter; we knew where they were coming from. We thought they would always be pure in their motivation. We thought they came at us straight and true.
But not anymore. Over the last 5 years, and especially the last 18 months it has become clear that many of these people are just dirty political fronts. They're not noble, they're not non-partisan, and they're not nice... at all. These groups that we had held in high esteem because we felt that they would always call it straight, regardless of the politics, have let America down. They have destroyed Americans' sense of fair play and neutrality.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
You forgot to mention the medical industry. It is no longer a profession. It has become BIG business, an industry.
Your “family doctor” is no longer your family doctor. He is an employee of the medical industry controlled by hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, federal regulations, medicare and medicaid.
And don’t forget the lawyers.
He sits in his back office while PA’s see patients because he can not by himself handle the numbers required to maintain all of the overhead.
I don't remember ever being fooled by the ACLU and they sure as hell ain't "pure".
A most excellent article.
Forget the Dred Scott decision? How about Glenshaw Glass. I have not trusted any court in the US since i studied the law in 1990. How about privacy rights called abortion? Kelo and stealing a persons property?
Censorship destroys trust.
The Vaxaholics brigade
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