Strange times in America, strange happenings afoot. A populace ready to be offended, each member in his chosen way, viciously exuberant, stupendously extreme. The smaller events of everyday life are swallowed up in grandiose interpretation. What happens is no longer what happened but the thousand happenings it has been made to be, fueled by hate, fueled by fear, fueled by prejudice, fueled by slogan, broadcast by the minute and hour on social media. The immature actions typical of overactive adolescent boys are lit with the tinder of more flammable stuff and made to a blaze more suitable to grown-up infernos. In our quickly dimming past, shame and correction would have been sufficient. Now we teach our young that they are always right, and should be prepared to lie to prove it. We've replaced "Johnny, you've been a bad boy" with "Don't worry, we'll tell you what to say". It is all about being right--and what does being right have to do with the simple truth?
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