Posted on 09/20/2017 5:40:25 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell
Word For The Day, Thursday, April 30, 2015--
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
licentiousness
noun
At the Massachusetts Convention, January 15, 1788, Fisher Ames warned that democracy without morals would eventually reduce the nation to the basest of human passions, swallowing freedom:
"A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction."
Fisher Ames commented in "The Dangers of American Liberty," 1805 (published in Works of Fisher Ames: with a selection from his speeches and correspondence, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1854, pp. 349):
"The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness, which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be, liberty."
"Licentiousness" is defined as: sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd; unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral ... Synonyms: abandoned, profligate.
As Fisher Ames had predicted, the State he was a Congressman from, Massachusetts, has moved in the direction of licentiousness.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in the 2003 case of Goodridge necessitated the State recognize same-sex marriage. Since then, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender agenda has been taught in schools with sexually explicit materials.
Those not embracing this agenda are discriminated against; employees fired; businesses sued; attorneys disbarred; hospitals made to provide sex change services; doctors exposing health risks are labeled; adoption agencies penalized; domestic violence increased; and churches demonized. Thanks to stars & stripes forever for posting this article about Ames
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
In light of yesterday’s stunning speech by the president before the UN, we must be ever reminded of the real treat tat lies at the eart of our culture. Today’s word is no stranger to any of us. It must, quite simply, be ever on our lips if we are to survive our base instincts.
In light of yesterday’s stunning speech by the president before the UN, we must be ever reminded of the real threat that lies at the heart of our culture. Today’s word is no stranger to any of us. It must, quite simply, be ever on our lips if we are to survive our base instincts.
“Stories of tortures
used by debauchers
crude, licentious and vile
Make me smile”
-Tom Lehrer , “Smut”
The licentiousness of the Clinton Crime Family is unmatched.
The other day I forgot my driver’s license at home. I was driving around licentiousness.
I’m not sure what caused the mess
That is called political correctness
Bill’s Lewinsky
Or Saul Alinsky
Or Hollywood’s licentiousness
Keep both hands on the wheel!
The democrat-socialist-communist judges (and reporters, and politicians, and voters, and the illegal aliens they represent) no longer care about the actual words of the law. They should have the licentiouses suspended and be kicked out of the courtrooms and Congress.
But then, with no licentiouses to practice on, they’d have nothing in their immoral lives!
TY for a most important post.
Could not have said it better, or at all.
Just so.
We have seen debasement. Now we will visit Attica.
That can land you in serious trouble.
Or all of the above with an appetite for such riches from the hoi polloi.
As a handsome and successful New York businessman, Donald Trump was the epitome of licentiousness.
The practice of licentious pervades our consciousness.
Yes. He was. Today he is the champion of morality. The Lord will be served, by whomever He chooses.
War heroes who died in the trenches
Would be shocked if they saw how licentious
Our country became
In the “liberal” name
A miasma of libertine stenches
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