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Churning Out the Barbarians

Posted by LibertyPen 2 weeks, 2 days ago to Culture
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the devolving standards of modern society
SOURCE URL: https://libertypen.substack.com/p/churning-out-the-barbarians


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    Posted by VetteGuy 2 weeks, 1 day ago
    A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

    Robert A. Heinlein

    I think we passed this point a long time ago ...
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    • Posted by Kittyhawk 2 weeks ago
      Great quote!

      Has anyone else noticed while driving that hardly anyone uses their turn signals these days? It's polite to signal to others what your intentions are, but it also keeps you safe so they don't crash into you... yet most people just change lanes or suddenly brake for a turn without letting other drivers know what they're planning to do.

      I remember learning the hand/arm signals to use in case my blinkers weren't working when I took my driver's license test. Do they not teach the importance of signaling anymore? That could explain the younger drivers failing to signal. Still, I see plenty of older drivers who don't signal either, so I suspect it's a lack of civility or even a subtle hostility to others that makes most people refuse to signal before their turns and lane changes now.

      So, pretty please, if you've been neglecting to do so, remember to use your blinkers for the safety of yourself and others.
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      • Posted by mccannon01 2 weeks ago
        I signal. However, the rudeness is evident when a driver behind me in the other lane will speed up to prevent my lane change. In part, it is that kind of response that make people not signal. Ugh.
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    • Posted by tutor-turtle 2 weeks ago
      The enemy is not at the gates, they are in the house.

      Fun fact: Your first amendment rights do not include the right to make threats of violence or to incite violence.
      I include people calling other people whom they disagree with Racists or Facists or Hitler, as people who need to be eliminated, as threats or calls for violence..

      Unlike the phony "Emergencies" of the past five years, this is a Real and Present Danger to the Republic. President Trump has every right to (and should) declare a National Emergency.
      This uncuffs law enforcement to pursue the real and present threats to our civil discourse.

      This is being financed at the highest levels.
      Even certain members of Congress are under scrutiny.

      POS like antifah are being further cited as Foreign Terrorist groups, with foreign funding.
      This allows for more investigative latitude and more severe punishment, up to and including the stripping of citizenship and deportation of naturalized citizens convicted of theses crimes.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 2 weeks, 2 days ago
    Nicely written, LibertyPen.

    Came to mind while reading:
    Freedom without responsibility is freedom corrupted and soon lost.
    If you want less crime in your neighborhoods, stop raising your children to be criminals.
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  • Posted by $ splumb 2 weeks ago
    "We now have generations of children raised in homes without fathers—homes without that critical figure who provides structure, consequences, and authority. The data is not ambiguous. Fatherless homes are correlated with higher rates of crime, drug use, poverty, incarceration, and school dropout."

    Thanks for nothing, LBJ and his "Great Society", for destroying the American nuclear family.
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  • Posted by CaptainKirk 2 weeks ago
    Civilization is hard earned. And when we stop being civil, it can be lost quickly. It is fragile.

    One key sign. The system protects the criminals more than law abiding people.

    We need more Old West style justice.
    We literally BRED the disgusting people out of civil society, by eliminating them early.

    Now we are being asked to HONOR those who are delusional and refuse to be civil...
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  • Posted by katrinam41 2 weeks ago
    Courtesy is now outdated, unless the jerk in front of you happens to be in the privileged class. You can tell by the bumper stickers who you can cuss out and threaten and who you can't, because they are in your side. Anyone with any kind of patriotic sticker, cross, Christian fish, Jewish star, American flag, hunting sticker, etc., is fair game.
    Great post, LP, and may you post many more!
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