American Dialogue

   Today, David "Blow Your Mind" Brooks provided us with an op-ed that discussed the result of study done by a team of sociologists. The gist of this study was to determine the amount of moral thought in youth today. The study was on young adults 18-23. It is a shocking reflection of our society today.

   A majority of the kids had trouble deciphering or, understanding for that matter, what exactly is a true moral issue. More upsetting is that they were unwilling to let peers, and other people in general, know when they were making a poor moral judgement, like doing drugs, driving drunk, or cheating, Most responded that, to each...their own. It gets better though. They also freely admitted that no matter what they are doing or deciding to do, that if it felt right, they would continue the act. Feeling good is better than doing what it right. The degree of moral relativism, to me, is utterly scary and it speaks volumes about our society today.

    For example, look at our politicians. Last night in the debate, Michele Bachmann bluntly stated that Obama had stole $500 billion from medicare. That pretty much was an outright lie, but no on called her on it. Why? Relativism...she can make it sound like he stole it...to her, Obama stole it, to each their own. Do not even get me started on liberals, who sometimes are not even grounded in reality when they lay claim to these kinds of idiotic statements. But does this really affect the American public?

   Yes! I fully believe this moral relativism resides in many American adults, similar to their children. It is plain to see in the comments readers leave in online articles. There is nothing more painful than reading these comments. I would rather be branded with a hot iron that says "property of Ed" than read those comments. Aside the fact that it is painful, it is also heartbreaking. Let me just give you two examples:


"Anyone on unemployment after 52 weeks should have to do something to continue receiving checks, let them clean streets, parks, schools and cut the grass, it may provide enough incentive to find a better job."

Now this cheeky example is from an article about poverty in America on the rise...Now dear readers, I have friends who have been out of work for years, and let me let you in on a little secret, it is not because of lack of trying, period. Not to mention they are chronically under-employed when they do get jobs. For this commenter, it does whatever makes them feel good. Putting down the poor and blaming them...really?

"Obama and democrats are pure evil"....This is another perfect example.


"Boehner got 98 percent of what he wanted in the debt ceiling bill.. screw the middle class , keep accepting his "cut" from his corporate masters take orders and then bark."

This gem refers to Boehner as a dog. Name calling...another example of why were are lower than the rest of the industrialized nations in education.

Anyways, back to my point. How can we demand morality from our children if it is something we simply do not possess. Does it feel good to blame everyone else for problems? Maybe if you truly believe that...but really who does. Name calling, blatant hate and disrespect for our system will not change America or bring about a return to economic prosperity. Here is a little secret my "old fashioned" parents taught me at a young age. If it feels good to do it and it is too easy to do, then it probably is not the right thing. So let me reiterate. Please get a hold of your senses, calm down, stop hating on Obama and Boehner (They really do take the brunt) and think about morality the way, I do not know, Jesus would.