It seems wrong to talk about anything but American mass murder right now. There has been a lot of talk about American decadence. Could anything be more decadent than accepting with a shrug the slaughter of children? And accepting racially motivated terror?
Good question. I have trouble with the word "decadent" being used to describe contemporary American society. It implies we have descended from a prior "higher" moral position, and I doubt we as a nation deserve to look back at ever having reached such a position. Besides, it also rings of the "Make America Great Again" crowd. You know, before we became "decadent."
It seems wrong to talk about anything but American mass murder right now. There has been a lot of talk about American decadence. Could anything be more decadent than accepting with a shrug the slaughter of children? And accepting racially motivated terror?
Decadence sliding into evil? Instead of shrugging Ted Cruz suggested the 1 door solution to our country's deaths by military, pro-life weapons.
The US accepted the murder of Native American children and the racially motivated terrors of slavery and Jim Crow, so how are we suddenly decadent?
Good question. I have trouble with the word "decadent" being used to describe contemporary American society. It implies we have descended from a prior "higher" moral position, and I doubt we as a nation deserve to look back at ever having reached such a position. Besides, it also rings of the "Make America Great Again" crowd. You know, before we became "decadent."
A selfish minority of the population. Most people are fine with masking, vaxxing and distancing.