Oh, please. Perhaps you'd enjoy this oldie but goldie from this august forum.
A predictable and hollow moral relativist response. Character does matter. Letting Clinton get away with his lies, perjury, obstruction and abuse of his office will corrupt an entire generation. NO MAN is above the law. Especially not one who is so lacking in character as the current occupant of the WH. If that be "McCarthyite" then that is a label I will gladly wear. It is time to return character and integrity to our lives and to politics in this country. Clinton is hopefully the nadir. It is spineless relativists such as yourself, fearful that someone may criticize your own lifestyle who have given a pass to the likes of Clinton for too long. You sir are a willing accomplice to the decline and (soon to be)fall of our society. Those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. It is exactly the collapse of moral order such as we are witnessing today which led to the leftist dictatorships in Europe in the 1930's and ultimately to WWII. I fear for a country and a society which do not recognize how corrosive the likes of Clinton are to all of us in our daily lives. Have you no shame? How can you continue to defend such an utterly despicable character? The fact that you seem educated and well read makes the situation all the more critical IMO. It is a very depressing situation indeed. (http://www2.techstocks.com/~wsapi/investor/reply-5849957)
Sounds remarkably similar to what you wrote, if less articulate. As I said, I used to take the wackos here less seriously before I read the Sullivan article.
The West will do fine with or without Clinton. He's just this guy, you know? He wasn't much of a presence in the '60s, is my understanding. I have no idea what you mean by "the continued denigration of the West which has become pervasive in academic and left- wing circles", since I don't move in such circles. Maybe you're living a little in the past? As for your hysteria about Eddie Bauer coats, this isn't exactly a new phenomena, is it? Air Jordans and stuff like that? Michael Jackson jackets? Wasn't that Reagan era?
You are somewhat aware of what's happened to prison populations over the past 20 years? You are aware we lead the world in per-capita incarceration, or are at least contending there? Hard to keep tabs with our main rivals, Russia and South Africa. You are aware crime is declining? What, exactly, is your problem? |
