Woe especially to the society that jettisons its fundamental mores to protect its vulnerable women, children, and elderly.Ī society like that is a society that is ripe for the picking by its most aggressive enemy. Woe to the society that ashcans its taboos, elevating exciting, transgressive darkness over boring, judgmental light. Who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” Who put darkness for light and light for darkness, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, Tucker’s point reminded me of Isaiah 5:20, first scribbled thousands of years ago: For whatever reason, our society has inverted a lot of conduct that used to be considered “bad,” but is now treated as “neutral” - none of your business - or even celebrated and often encouraged as something to be “proud” of. When Jeffrey Dahlmer was bludgeoned to death in the bathroom of a Wisconsin prison in 1994, the Milwaukee district attorney had to caution the public not to turn Dahlmer’s killer into a folk hero.” Touching them sexually was effectively a death penalty offense. A generation ago, TALKING to someone else’s children about sex was widely considered grounds for a thrashing. All of these things used to be considered unacceptable in America not anymore.” “So it probably shouldn’t surprise us that the greatest taboo of all is teetering on the edge of acceptability: child molestation. Stealing, flaunting your wealth, striking women, smoking marijuana on the street, shameless public hypocrisy, taking other people’s money for not working. Those that remain have lost their moral force. He went to elaborate lengths … because he had no choice… by 2008, it was obvious to anybody who was paying attention that Barack Obama had a strange and highly-creepy personal life, yet nobody asked him about it… It’s Barack Obama’s business, not yours.” “One by one, with increasing speed, our old taboos have been struck down. Punishing people is now mandatory … as long as their skin color is white.” “Adultery was considered disqualifying for office … Clinton was very nearly derailed over his relationship with Jennifer Flowers. In that case, you need to take charge of society’s taboos.” “Before recently, it was taboo in this country to attack someone on the basis of their race … that made sense … but apparently we no longer believe it. Here’s how Tucker began last night’s show (lightly edited for brevity): “Let’s say you wanted to control a country… Let’s say you wanted to control how people think … like a god would. In other words, whatever Tucker lost from disaffiliation, he seems to be gaining in other ways. And I wonder if there are some folks who would have never watched Tucker, BECAUSE he was on Fox, who might now give him a try. Tucker may have lost the imprimatur and positive brand association from being on Fox. FIFTY MILLION VIEWS! In less than 24 hours.
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