Chicken or the Egg

The end of the Carter Administration and subsequent Reagan administrations were the proving grounds for Pre-Teens and Teen-Agers of my generation.

During this period we saw incredible growth; the seedlings of an economic explosion planted, the decline of the Soviet Empire which catapulted the demise of the Cold War, and with new technology we realized a diaspora of ideas.

Athought the idea of "liberal thought" has devolved into nothing more than vocabularic phylumnization, with the advent of ideas transferring at the speed of light and the infusion of zero-sum theory into every part of society, liberals aren't the only ones guilty of this phenomenon.

This is where I am compelled to leave the juxtapositions behind and postulate that the political polarities, as well as religious ones, have less to do with single-word (or phrase) justifications than is conjectured.

As an example, the 1980's saw a series of one word wonders in the medical and psychology fields. Take for example all of the "-holics" (I guess that sports can become fermented), and then the "children of various -holics". These finally transitioned into "Dysfunctional", which covered every form of human subversion and robbed the Psychological community of any new ideas until the recent attack on Fatherhood. Now Fathers carry the sole blame for their grown sons and daughters inability to blend with society or become a 'significant' part of corporate culture and therefore success. This begs the question, " If I as a father took more of a role with the input my children receive while maturing through public school, the church, media, etc… would I be less to blame?" And another is, "Is the blame actually inherent?"

We as Christians as well as other religions have been using these one-word or one-phrase maxims to raise and be raised as long as I can remember. Forget if the maxim we use is out of context or not, the pastor/ preacher/ teacher/ official said it, this is how it is going to be and don't ask why. "It's just the way it is". (Sort of like insurance is what it does – or more likely gets away with.)

It is not my intent to point specific fingers here. Yet, what I do hope to get across is that we are all advertisers in one form or another. In imbibing the deconstructionist values proffered through advertising, we have all, at one time or another succumbed to using the thoughtless one word pratings in the guise of simplicity.

As a conclusion let me put forth a defense for myself and every other U.S. Constitution minded, freedom fighting American. Anti-Americanism is Racism.

a response to

http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/dennisprager/2006/05/23/198416.html