07-20-2022, 10:51 AM
(07-14-2022, 10:16 AM)David Horn Wrote:(07-13-2022, 10:35 PM)JasonBlack Wrote:Quote:The Boomers did not invent child abuse; far from it
I at least would never make that claim. 2T boomers were negligent, irresponsible and trying to rebel against a world they had not yet taken the time to understand, but they weren't particularly sadistic or especially cruel. imo, they corrected for many of these traits in the 3T where they doubled down on responsible parenting with varying degrees of success.
That's a great point, but one that needs a bit of clarification. We grew-up in a world where the ugly parts were purposely hidden, so naiveté was virtually guaranteed. We knew right from wrong (more than can often be said today), but we lacked the abilty to see the many shades of gray, where ideal was simply unavailable and good-enough seemed inadequate. So yes, we screwed up a lot, but our hearts being in the right place is a sour excuse. Cnicism won far too often, and is now the de facto standard. We're tired; we can't fix it. I only hope we raised you all well enough to do it for us.
Much of the Boomer rebellion was cultural. GI tastes in music, literature, and movies left much to be desired.
Youth tend to see things in black and white with no gray area. They often think of hypocrisy as the greatest of sins even if it is a norm. People who have moral ideas often find themselves having to compromise them. Does anyone want to start a festival of easy-listening music (remember? FM radio stations typically with call-letters "EZ" in them, playing insipid arrangements of everything, especially sound to the sickeningly-sweet gushing sound of a string section without violas; you can't really hear the violas in a symphony, but you can hear their absence in a Muzak arrangement.
Hypocrisy? The only people exempt from it are
1. Saints. When did you last meet Francis of Assisi?
2. Certifiable bad guys proud of their evil.
3. People who, having no ideals, have nothing to compromise.
#1 of course is extremely rare.
#2 go to the penal system very fast and never leave.
#3 may be the most dangerous of all. See "Trump supporters".
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.
