“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness”?
Increasingly today, what is undeniably evil is depicted as good, and what most traditionalists, at least, used to agree is good passes often for evil.
What’s striking to me is that many aren’t merely rationalizing evil in an attempt to excuse their indefensible actions. They have systematically turned our entire moral code upside down. They have attacked the very basis for that code and declared that belief in its divine author itself is evil – and dangerous. – David Limbaugh
David Limbaugh offers recent examples of 'the wrong that masquerades as right'
Recently, I wrote a column arguing that the world is upside down – by which I meant “our” world, America. Today I offer more exhibits in support of my case that our culture is unraveling.
I realize that in today’s America, the notion that we should seek to preserve and promote the traditions, values and ideals that this country’s founding generation mostly shared is considered not just passé but offensively wrongheaded. Yes, why would we want to perpetuate a once underlying consensus (and the Constitution formulated on it) that gave rise to the greatest nation in world history? Well, many don’t, as they level further assaults on our Constitution, our liberty tradition and what used to be our shared values.
We haven’t just accepted as normal what was heretofore considered abnormal; we are, increasingly, embracing evil while calling it good and demonizing those who are still “clinging” to traditional values. Unless you buy into the self-destructive course much of our society has decided to pursue, unless you consent to the systematic dismantling of our core foundations, you are the problem.
Let me give you a further sampling of the insanity that passes for normal and the wrong that masquerades as right, plucked right out of the news the past few days. …
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