America is one of the most multicultural countries in the world and certainly one of the most diverse. It is also one that is devoted to allowing and encouraging all its peoples to be “all they can be.” Yes, from all over the world people try to come here to live the American Dream.
It is precisely America’s diversity, its multiculturalism and its attempts (at the very least) to respect all cultures and diversity that make America difficult. Few other countries have allowed their different voices to be heard, represented and protected as America has.
Not too long ago I ran a series of blog entries here dealing with the many different viewpoints in America. The blog picture was of two different pairs of shoes and the series asked which shoes you wear, examining how viewpoints were shaped not only by culture, religion or race but also by socio-economic level, education level, age, life experiences and more.
Put all of this together in a pseudo-free society and yes, America truly is hard.
Nevertheless, despite how diverse America is, despite all the factions within it and the subcategories within the factions too, no matter how difficult it is as a country and a society America must have a sense of decorum and a sense of law and order about her.
I’m no youngster. I’ve been around a while. I taught for more than thirty years and worked in kitchens for about twenty-five years. I say this only for a sense of context.
Sometime toward the end of the last century/turn of this century we started the beginnings of disregarding simple rules of argumentation and logic. It’s actually much more complicated than that but in a positive light I’d like to say that what took place was well-intentioned and what we’re experiencing now is unintended consequences. I’m not so sure that this is altogether true, but…
So in the interests of brevity and simplicity, you know, for the no-think, mob-mentality, all-in-regardless-of-any-consequences lefties, I’ll talk to only the first part of the “breakdown” now.
Simple, first part, feelings aren’t facts. If someone walks up next to you, maybe a little closer then you like but not really in your space, and is just there but not doing anything and you “feel” threatened even though you’re not being threatened in any way, your feeling threatened does not constitute a threat. The fact is you haven’t been threatened even if you feel that way.
If everyone who felt poor at any given time didn’t have to pay taxes because feeling poor was “a fact,” no one would ever pay taxes.
America’s societal breakdown begins when feelings are equated with facts. (I feel hurt by this statue, so rip it down.)
America is a difficult country. That’s an opinion, not a fact.
