Journal #16

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Journal #16:

We’ve become such a narcissistic, “me-first” society that common courtesies have gone right out the door – with a moral fiber that’s barely a thread. And while I’m hardly a religious zealot, I do think a large part of the problem is the secularization of our culture at the hands of the allegedly tolerant and compassionate “progressives.” We’ve taken God out of our schools and poke

fun at religion; we devalue human life by condoning abortion and branding anyone who stands up for the unborn a woman-hating Neanderthal. Two-parent households are considered an anachronism; a woman who stays home with the kids instead of getting a job and relegating child rearing to day care is deemed lazy. We all but legalize a drug, marijuana, that takes away ambition and drive, and we attack anyone who’s successful and wealthy – regardless of how hard they work, or how many sacrifices they’ve made in life to get where they’re at. Government has become not an enabler of the private sector, but it’s a misguided Robin Hood, at the expense of personal responsibility – and personal values.

                                                             ---Stephen Arnold

Articulate the central claim that Arnold makes and discuss the ways in which you agree or disagree with his position. Support your argument by providing reasons and examples from your own experiences, observations, or readings.

A= Arnold's central claim is on how we truly have changed our looks on wrongs to right. We under look at the fact that these problems that are considered as "normal" in our society are present, but we somehow accept it. Not because of how we are, but because of what our focus is primarily on. While what can be called as entertainment on Television distracts us, there are children being abused, mothers being mentally and physically hurt, and way more problems in this world. I too can be considered as a hypocrite because I too not think of this while I live on with my life, but that doesn't mean I'll continue forgetting these problems. Thanks to the exposure of this article to me, I will always have that in the back of my mind. Exposure is the start of anything and everything, so in order to truly express these issues out to the public, there must be many conversations about this subject. The quote by Stephen Arnold truly captivates the ideas of its purpose.