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Jun 22
2008
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The State of America's CulturePosted by gregjaye08 in Untagged  |
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"Do you think the country is moving in the right direction?" One of the major newspapers in Ohio has a question or topic of the day, which it posts to its online website. It asks its readers to answer the poll and leave a comment. Well I took the time to answer that critical question.
Absolutely not.
Ever since the 60s the country has taken an ominous turn leftward. Liberalism, secular humanism and Marxism now permeate our schools, churches, political parties, main stream media, and entertainment. Our country is regressing back to a time when pagan, savage Native Americans were worshipping nature, their ancestors, etc.
Environmentalist extremists, feminists and radical same-sex advocates along with their liberal elite brothers and sisters in academia, politics, business, government and religion have teamed up to push such leftist causes as the homosexual agenda, abortion (the right of women to murder their babies for any reason any time), protection of pornographers and moral relativism.
The radical left, with the aid of organizations like the contemptible and un-American American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) adamantly seeks to protect the free speech rights of child pornographers, but simultaneously and aggressively stifle anyone who tries to honor, or even acknowledge the person, Jesus, in public.
Surely this leftward turn, which is really a downward spiral or path or self-destruction, is not progress. The further we stray from the nation our founders built, the closer we are to extinction.
You can see the affect the leftward drift or shift of our culture on our schools and children most dramatically.
Our schools have borne the brunt, or have been the "beneficiaries" of this leftward slide or attack. Look at our failing schools, which have become virtual indoctrination centers for all of the vilest influences that could be foisted on a culture or on children. Here are some of the leftward trends or influences: the substitution of accepting all forms of immorality and condoms (Planned Parenthood philosophy) for virtue and abstinence in sex education (traditional family values); substituting moral relativism or situational ethics for absolute right and wrong; substituting worship of the creature and creation rather than the Creator; substituting a politically correct "tolerance" instead of respect for authority, discipline and standards; and substituting social engineering and experimentation for basic education needed to prepare our children for the high tech 21st century world.
Is there any wonder why some are calling for a mass exodus of students from government schools? Why some urge parents to find alternative ways to educate their children at home or in private schools? What true Chrsitian concerned parent, for instance, would want their child to attend a public school in California today?
Article was first posted on A Good Choice . . . blog.
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written by BubbaGump, June 22, 2008
written by CenterLeftLiberal, June 24, 2008
Actually since the 80s American politics has moved to the right overall, w/ tax cuts, stagnant and reduced social service spending and infrastructure spending being halfed as a share of GDP. (Suprise, suprise, poverty and inequality have been on the rise, and median income levels stagnant for the past decade).
There are some issues on which the country has moved to the left, but overall it has moved to the right.
written by lrandall, June 25, 2008
I'd be curious to know of some specific examples of the ACLU or liberals stifling people's rights to honor / acknowledge (the person?? is he alive??) Jesus in public. I think this is just unfounded anti-liberal rhetoric.
As for schools, it's not 'the liberal' or 'homosexual' agenda that's causing a breakdown in education - it's inadequate funding. The government - both Republican and Democrat administrations - have been steadily under-funding our schools. The reality at most schools are that teachers are underpaid, schools are overcrowded, kids are lacking learning skills in vital technology in the classroom that would allow them to be more competitive in a global market, and they're eating unhealthy food in their cafeterias. Bush, though, in his infinite wisdom, has decided the way to deal with this was by implementing NCLB, setting unrealistic and misdirected expectations on schools and teachers, again, without providing the proper funding.
Until we decide as a country that our children and their futures are more important than misguided wars overseas and the concomitant out-of-control military spending, we will continue to see a significant break-down in our schools. And this has absolutely nothing to do with the so-called liberal agenda. This has everything to do with the poor prioritization agenda, the 'let's spend our money bombing Iraq agenda', the 'we have to decide between repaving our broke-down roads and repairing our antiquated infrastructure or funding schools' agenda.
