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The Case Against Cynicism (by Burt Prelutsky)
Townhall.com ^ | April 25, 2008 | Burt Prelutsky

Posted on 04/25/2008 4:21:36 PM PDT by EveningStar

When I was very young, I felt that anyone who wasn’t a cynic was a naïve bumpkin. The young, after all, tend to be impatient with their elders, and I was certainly no exception. To the young, it’s a terrible failing to be gullible, and what they inevitably strive to be, or at least appear to be, is sophisticated...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: burtprelutsky; cynicism; prelutsky

1 posted on 04/25/2008 4:21:36 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
things changed when the word "cool" entered the lexicon.

Just because it's the hallmark of our era doesn't mean youthful rebellion is axiomatic.

2 posted on 04/25/2008 4:26:34 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (media is now a double-edged sword; it's no longer a billy-club in the hands of the big goons.)
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To: EveningStar

I’m not cynical. I’m bitter.


3 posted on 04/25/2008 4:28:45 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: MAexile

Clingy, too...


4 posted on 04/25/2008 4:41:27 PM PDT by Frobenius
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To: MAexile

I’m gonna go hug my gun.


5 posted on 04/25/2008 4:44:34 PM PDT by donna ("Women are not little men, and men are not big women.")
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To: donna

I hug my gun while reading the Bible.


6 posted on 04/25/2008 5:07:14 PM PDT by PeterFinn (Charlton Heston & Ronald Reagan - my two favorite Presidents.)
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To: donna

But I’m bitter while I do it.


7 posted on 04/25/2008 5:07:38 PM PDT by PeterFinn (Charlton Heston & Ronald Reagan - my two favorite Presidents.)
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To: EveningStar

What makes a cynic a cynic? IMO, he refuses to let good things be possible. If he comes into contact with something that seems “good,” it must be a public relations ploy, or it must be “Donna Reed” or “June Cleaver” (either name spoken with zingy pejoration in lieu of an explanation), or somebody must have done it for the money, or “let us not forget, it’s also history’s foremost cause of wars and burnings at the stake”, or it’s something to endure until we can “get back to reality.”


8 posted on 04/25/2008 6:34:02 PM PDT by Mmmike
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