So-called Social Conservatives like to talk about the "coarsening of
America."
By this they seem to mean American society is becoming more
abrasive and rude and less sociable "than in the olden days."
But Wait a minute; JUST WHAT OLD DAYS ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?
Surely not the old days of JIM CROW LAWS in the South!
Surely not the old days of Negro Lynching, where smiling white folks
would gather 'round for a photo-op beside the hung and burned body of
a black man!
Surely not the old days of "coat-hanger" backstreet abortions where
young women were often mutilated or killed by quack abortionists!
Surely not the old days where gays were jailed, beaten and robbed and
forced into a lifestyle that expected them to become alcoholics and
early suicides!
Surely not the old days of DDT, Asbestos, and Strip Mining and Black Lung Disease!
Surely not the old days of only three national broadcast networks where choice and diversity of programing was all but impossible! And Where "black programing" was totally seperate from "white programing."
Surely not the old days of McCarthy's Witch Hunts against anyone who was different!
(Even though the Mc Carthy Crowd turned out to be a big bunch of sick "pervs" themselves!)
WHAT EXACTLY DO THE SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES MEAN BY THE COARSENING OFAMERICA?
Hmmmmm.?
OK, PERHAPS, MAYBE,...........AM TALK RADIO!
WITH IT'S HATE SPEECH!
RACISM!
AND HYPOCRITICAL "WHITE" RELIGIOUSITY!
NOW THAT'S ABRASIVE!! THAT'S COARSE!!
BUT HEY, THE FIRST AMENDMENT APPLIES TO CONSERVATIVES TOO!
