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Lt. Col. Dave Grossman studied the act of killing in war, comparable to formerly taboo sexological studies. Results: In wars prior to Viet Nam, in all recorded history, only 15% of front line soldiers used lethal force, 85% shot over the enemy's head, just postured and blustered to scare the enemy into retreating. Between Korea and Viet Nam, soldiers were deliberately desensitized away from the deep taboo against killing, resulting in 95% lethal force rates in that war. Returning soliders were reviled rather than brought back into their communities in traditional purification rituals—medals awards ceremonies. Finally, our urban young people have been desensitized away from the taboo against killing by Grand Theft Auto—induced sociopathy.
A survey of African-American young men shows that only 22% regard racism as a significant limitation on their life's success prospects.
(Don't believe it? How many African-Americans are present in mainstream commercial advertising? Is racism hurting the bottom line?)
But LBJ's Great Society robbed their people of their initiative and tore their fathers, teachers of manhood, away from their families.
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Between Rodney King's Can't We All Just Get Along? and Nicole Brown Simpson's The Bitch Got Hers, the worst injury possible against a people has been perpetrated—its leadership have convinced them to give up their fundamental sense of right and wrong.
