5 Character Flaws That Are Destroying America's Future

Townhall.com ^ | June 2, 2009 | John Hawkins

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Mark.

[Clemenza]

ENTITLEMENT! THIS is so bad that you even find it on this site in the form of: "I deserve a good payin' job and would have one if it weren't for those damn immigrants and affirmative action. I'm a patriot dammit!"

Thankfully, the entitled are a small minority among JimRob's site. I am more concerned with a certain occupant of the oval office, to say nothing of a certain "entitled" Supreme Court nominee from the Bronx.

[Badabing Badablonde]

I enjoyed the article until he used the word “irregardless”......

[fleagle]

I would argue that the lack of personal responsibility stems somewhat from all the lawsuits we've seen in the past decade or so...an old acquaintance of mine once tripped coming out of the grocery store and twisted her ankle. She went to a lawyer and got $10,000 for "negligience" on the part of the grocery store. ??!!!!??!?!

Thankfully, those kinds of ridiculous lawsuits seem to be running out of favor, but let's just say they haven't helped to foster a sense of personal responsibility in modern society...not when there's always someone to blame or sue.

[Tolsti2]

The article makes good points, but he used ‘irregardless’ in there and that drives me crazy.

[ETL]

"5 Character Flaws That Are Destroying America's Future"

They left out extreme naivete/gullibility and laziness for seeking out the truth/apathy.

[silverleaf]

Excellent

[rbg81]

While I think there are a lot of destructive trends in society today, I’m not one of these people who thinks the “old days” are as great as they are made out to be. There was no shortage of injustice, cruelty, misery, and immorality back then. Back in the late 1800s, there was literally a whore house on every block in New York City. If I had to pick a time when we “peaked”, it might be the early 60s. At least the pictures from that era look great. The physical difference between the college students back then and today are especially stunning.

[Larry Lucido]

Agreed. Should have said “irrespectiveless.” :-)

[wintertime]

What institutions are a MAJOR factor in all of the above????

SCHOOLS!

Government K-12 schools and our colleges and universities are indoctrinating our nation's children in all of the five qualities listed above!

(Yes, I am shouting! Conservatives are deaf, dumb, and blind.)

[Badabing Badablonde]

Personally, I’m partial to “disirregardlessivity.”

[TChris]

... irregardless ...

Can we add a sixth? Decreasing english literacy!

[MikeGranby]

This looks to be pretty interesting stuff, but the article is too long. I couldn’t concentrate beyond point #2.

[mgist]

I agree with a lot of this except I don’t think people coming here trying to find honest work should be thrown in with those who are “entitled”.

I think the new American mentality of many, which supports killing babies and old people, adores animals but can’t stand children, resents population growth, fears climate changes, and promotes sexual deviance with no tolerance spiritual values, lacks brotherly love. Lack of brotherly love manifests itself in many different ways and we are all guilty. Sometimes we deserve what we get.

[Neoliberalnot]

These 5, fully characterize the liberal/progressive personality of the new millennium.

[Kaslin]

From Merriam-Webster dicionary

Main Entry:

ir·re·gard·less

Pronunciation:

\ˌir-i-ˈgärd-ləs\

Function:

adverb

Etymology:

probably blend of irrespective and regardless

Date:

circa 1912

nonstandard : regardless

usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.

[mouske]

I enjoyed the article until he used the word “irregardless”......

I’m with you.

[MissouriConservative]

“I enjoyed the article until he used the word “irregardless”......”

Well, at least he wasn’t a “co-conspirator”.... :-)

[Sans-Culotte]

Yes, I liked the article, irregardless of its grammatical deficiencies.