Posted on 08/12/2013 5:58:09 AM PDT by ReformationFan
I don’t know when it became OK for people to be so open about the weird stuff they are into. I have always lived by the code whatever you do is fine as long as I don’t have to see it. It’s been a mantra for decades. However, since the dawn of the internet people have been very happy to share things about themselves that not everyone wants to know and most of it is downright obscene.
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Isaiah 3:9.
The ad for “Men’s Health” (ahem) front-and-center on the linked site is an interesting touch.
IMO this conflates in jigsaw-puzzle fashion with Bill Whittle’s contention that libs have this built-in assumption of moral superiority. Because they stand for clean water, it’s OK to have sex when you’re 12. Because they stand for helping the little guy, it’s OK to shout down people who have differing opinions. Because they stand for the children, it’s OK to advocate for the loss of gun rights. Because they stand for unlimited abortion, it’s important to provide anyone with free contraceptives.
“since the dawn of the internet”
Stephanie, that is the natural outgrowth of the dehumanizing, gangster rap-culture.
There is no shame because a large portion of society has no sense of right or wrong and the rest of us have resigned ourselves to accept their open reveling in evil as an unchangeable part of life.
Here in Florida, a man murdered his wife, took a picture of her dead body and posted it on FB.
“Status: Just Killed my wife.”
He was, of course, apprehended. Does the FB posting count as a “Confession”?
It is the result of living in a ‘liberal society.’
Do a little skimming of liberal ethics essays and it will dawn on you why we no longer have shame.
A liberal society embraces pluralism, in the sense that it does not seek to impose any one vision of what it means to be virtuous or to lead a good life. Within such a society, approval is commonly expressed for John Stuart Mill’s view that “experiments in living” should not be merely tolerated, but actually welcomed and celebrated (Mill 1974: 120).
Shame went out of our society after Woodstock.
. . .And the really sad side-effect is that NOTHING is all that shocking anymore. Our “wierd filters” have adjusted the threshold of “wierd” far beyond what they were even 15 years ago. . .
Excellent post. The moral superiority list could go on and on but you’ve made the point well with those examples. I haven’t read Mr. Whittle but he obviously understands the liberal psyche.
Regarding the psychology of the Left, I would add that they are fundamentally immature and insecure. Like children, they want what they want without regard to any consequences. Just give it to me right now and I don’t care if it hurts or inconveniences anyone else. And there’s a deep seated insecurity in liberals that believes everyone needs to be taken care of so government to them is the ultimate answer to everything. Individuals who accomplish things on their own are viewed as a wicked threat as they challenge the very feelings of superiority that you referred to.
He was, of course, apprehended. Does the FB posting count as a “Confession”?
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Probably not. He was just sharing his deep seated emotional distress with others. /sarc
There is no shame because a large portion of society has no sense of right or wrong and the rest of us have resigned ourselves to accept their open reveling in evil as an unchangeable part of life.
It IS an unchangeable part of life in the end times. But we all have at least some say in how much a part of our personal life it is.
The one for Catholic books is related to my searches, as is anything in Spanish. “Men’s health,” however ... the males in my family don’t use this account!
. . .And the really sad side-effect is that NOTHING is all that shocking anymore. Our “wierd filters” have adjusted the threshold of “wierd” far beyond what they were even 15 years ago. . .
To have “deep seated emotional distress” requires a conscience.
Isaiah 3:9.
I wrote to the NRA once and told them that ads of that kind supported the stereotype that men use guns when they feel their “equipment” is inadequate. Others must have objected to, because eventually, they got a better class of ads.
NOTHING is all that shocking anymore
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Right. What used to shock is now simply “amusing”. Another oddity in a world without any moral or ethical standards.
Indeed. How very sad that so many people are being schackled to sin and misery while being told that this is the way to “freedom” and happiness. Woe unto them who call evil good.
It is a burden of the heart to see so many people on the road to eternal ruin while they are deceived thinking all is well with them.
I have long thought that the banishment of “shame” in our culture has had (and continues to have) deep reaching, corrosive effects.
We have been hearing for decades now that being judgmental is a character flaw. This is an extension of liberal moral relativism, which is an offshoot of the Roussouian concept of being able to do whatever you like as long as it makes ou happy. The question is often framed as “Who are YOU to decide what culture/person/trait/habit/activity is good or not? Goodness is what I think it is...”
And everyone is supposed to go along with it.
imo the MSM support of our serial adulterer Arkenführer gave us this parade of sh!tbird political trash that infests the country now.
What a world turned upside down this is when now it’s shameful to be a successful business man...
...and political trash like the NY state Governor Cuomo who, endorses abortion, enslaves a woman with a pre-nup or other type of personal services contract that denies alimony if she ‘talks’ and receives a sacrilegious holy communion is celebrated as a statesman.
The left, as they have sought throughout history, has detached many from God. Ironically, the left has used shame and ridicule to detach many from God. One detached from God, you are detached from immutable truth and then everything is relative, and the decent into darkness begins and is only a matter of time, but it is a surety.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
I watched one of my favorite movies last night, Spencer’s Mountain. A movie from the time when Hollyweird was unabashed about having characters show a strong faith in God and men believed in working hard and doing right. Even though just a movie it makes me long for the times when i was growing up.
Compare this to Robert Menendez who not only was purportedly having sex with underage hookers but paying them with taxpayer money. This while he was on the Dominican Republic trip to participate in some real estate scam. It will be a cold day in hell before he resigns.
So it looks like only Republicans have shame. I can't help but think this is a weakness given our culture.
As good as an Eric Hoffer observation; large portion means big majority for those in "Rio Linda", as Rush says.
No, Craig decided to finish out his term, but the point you are making is valid. Few were more outraged than the “Idaho democracy” over Craig’s faux paux.
At least two thirds of the American people; large majorities in polls wanted poor Terry Schiavo exterminated.
95% of the prime time stuff on the TV is immoral IMO. We used to call it bathroom humor but today it is main stream comedy. The purveyors of it have no shame because it sells. When there are no standards of decency, there is no real society IMO.
The leftist agenda could not come to full fruition until the stigma of shame for shameful behavior was erased. They started with the minorities and it bled over to society in general.
No conscience, seared conscience; no sense of right or wrong. Lying right to a person’s face with no sense of guilt. No shame or embarrassment, no high standards or respect.
No one is shocked anymore by deviant behavior or language.
We have turned a blind eye for so long, there is no going back.
When is the last time anyone saw a woman blush?
This only contributes to the downward slide.
Anyone who ever has had the misfortune to have a TV on during the work day knows there is no shame anymore.
“Shame went out of our society after Woodstock.”
I was going on 11 when that happened. I turned 21 when the Disco scene was peaking. I think that since then though, a great many people have further developed an emotional association between shame and feelings of low self-esteem and that’s why they’re driven to feel no shame. They just don’t get it that it’s human nature to feel good about being good and doing good things with their lives and for others.
Ping...
Things change constantly.
Not too long ago, the majority of Americans believed that gun liberty would result in rampant gun crime and violence.
In the 1950s, congress investigated EC horror comics for influencing children to commit horrible crimes, not grasping that the comics were so horrible that they were funny, and that “bad guys” were always punished in the end, much like the Hays Code for films.
Etc. But it all leads up to sexuality and pornography.
Statistics clearly show that heterosexual, monogamous marriage is far better for children than being raised by a single parent.
But society is still catching up to something it does *not* want to hear, but is a glaring truth. People have a finite supply of energy, focused on procreation and the raising of children.
Yet if people use up too much of that energy on frivolous sexuality, they have less to devote to their children.
Some people have large amounts of energy, but even they are stressed by having and raising children. Many or perhaps even most have *enough* energy, if they conserve it, to have and raise children. But many never had enough energy to do so.
Bluntly, there are many people who should never have children, and a subset of those who should never even have sex, because they have barely enough energy to live.
The human species may actually have a biological reason for things like homosexuality, prostitution, and post-menopausal sexuality. Basically as distractions for those who should not reproduce, so that they do not interfere with those who *should* reproduce. So that they do not interfere with monogamous, heterosexual marriage.
But what about pornography?
Not surprisingly, an abundance of pornography may result in people not wanting to have sex so much. For those who shouldn’t or can’t breed, no problem. However, those who should marry and have children should strictly avoid false sexual stimulation, *or* non-reproductive sex until they are done reproducing and raising their children.
How this latter goal is achieved is the important thing, because it is determinate of human future generations.
Haven’t you heard? This is the age of attention whores!
Whittle, affiliated with PJTV, has some magnificent speeches he has given, he is a highly engaging and funny speaker. He can go back and forth between funny and dead serious in a subtle yet powerful way and I myself like him a lot. Kind of like Mark Steyn, though not so frivolous. Available on YouTube, if you are interested. He recently gave this speech about the assumed moral superiority of the left. Twas good, maybe not one of his best, but he raised this superiority point and I think it is a good one. He makes this point that this is a valid point of attack in lib argument: This assumed moral superiority is absolutely unearned. Like many other things in their bag of tricks.
His analysis of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings was spot on in terms of refuting the handwringing, constant review we have to hear every year at this time. (Came out last year or yr before) Reco you look it up on YT.
But people who say that have their own set of rules and will judge you for violating it. Try saying, "Who are you to decide that I can't favor white males when I hire people?" "Who are you to decide that I can't be pro-life?" "Who are you to decide that I can't own a gun?" And on and on. Then they become the most judgmental people on earth.
Exactly. It is like freedom of speech. It is a one way ratchet for liberal.
It is only freedom of speech if you agree with them. Otherwise, it is “Hate Speech”.
Back in the days of Freeping the Clintons at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, I had a sign with a picture of George Washington with a big tear rolling down his face and the word SHAME.
One day an attractive suburban mother walked by with her young daughter who saw my sign and asked her what “Shame” was. I heard the woman hem and haw and sputter helplessly all the way down the sidewalk - she had no idea.
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