Great post, Kate. All you rightly said is based on sound reason and requires a culture in which reasoning and moral laws are sound. Sadly, our culture has undergone a massive shift in the past 60+ years that has replaced sound reasoning with reasoning that favors the easiest road to immediate satisfaction.
Great post, Kate. All you rightly said is based on sound reason and requires a culture in which reasoning and moral laws are sound. Sadly, our culture has undergone a massive shift in the past 60+ years that has replaced sound reasoning with reasoning that favors the easiest road to immediate satisfaction.
That sought satisfaction may be the alleviation of fear, the silencing of uncomfortable opposition, or safety from a manufactured virus.
I believe the only way to implement your reasoning is to begin by changing our culture. Live the culture you desire. Always speak the truth, reject politicized 'science', climate, and medical fearmongering. Get government out of your children's education. Respect those you disagree with, but never give ground or compromise reality. Toughest of all, speak out against lies regardless of the consequences.
Most of us would like to think we have 'free speech' in America. The dismal reality is we do not. Speaking up can cause personal and financial harm, job loss, create enemies of neighbors and relatives. Yet speaking up is the only way to recast our culture and allow reason and truth to rule. It's a decision we all face.
Great post, Kate. All you rightly said is based on sound reason and requires a culture in which reasoning and moral laws are sound. Sadly, our culture has undergone a massive shift in the past 60+ years that has replaced sound reasoning with reasoning that favors the easiest road to immediate satisfaction.
That sought satisfaction may be the alleviation of fear, the silencing of uncomfortable opposition, or safety from a manufactured virus.
I believe the only way to implement your reasoning is to begin by changing our culture. Live the culture you desire. Always speak the truth, reject politicized 'science', climate, and medical fearmongering. Get government out of your children's education. Respect those you disagree with, but never give ground or compromise reality. Toughest of all, speak out against lies regardless of the consequences.
Most of us would like to think we have 'free speech' in America. The dismal reality is we do not. Speaking up can cause personal and financial harm, job loss, create enemies of neighbors and relatives. Yet speaking up is the only way to recast our culture and allow reason and truth to rule. It's a decision we all face.