The Fruits of Progressive Education!

The Fruits of Progressive Education!
The relentless pursuit of the truth - www.cinopsbegoneblogspot.com - Apr. 10, 2012

Bill Donohue, President of “The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights” hit the nail on the head with his article in the Catalyst, titled, Good Guys and Bad Guys, April - 2012 - Nat. Hq. N.Y. N.Y. Tel. 212-371-3191 - www.catholicleague.org fax - 212-371-3394

This new class are the ones who shape public opinion. They cluster in the academy, especially in the social sciences and humanities, as well as in the arts, the entertainment industry, the media, and the non-profit sector of the economy. No one doubts their impact on our culture.

“We know from several surveys that the elites are ideologically left-of-center. Moreover, they are thoroughgoing secularists: some are indifferent to religion, while others are increasingly hostile to it. Regarding the latter, there is no religion they disdain more than our own. Why? Because they loathe traditional moral values, and we represent the nucleus of traditional morality.

“There is one other characteristic of the elites and demands our attention, and that is their tendency to divide the world into two blocks: good guys (usually considered victims) and bad guys (the victimizers). They not only see entire segments of society as fitting into one of these two blocks, they see individuals that way as well. Once the label is fixed, there is little that can be done to change it.

“Those segments of our society who are the good guys include liberals, homosexuals, non-whites (especially African Americans), Jews, Muslims, women, atheists, celebrities, and left-wing activists. The bad guys are conservatives, heterosexuals, whites, Christians (especially Catholics and Evangelicals), men, and those who work in business. To prove I’m right, just ask yourself how these two blocks of people are generally portrayed on television…

“Take, for example, a conservative woman. Her views make her a bad guy, but her sex make her a good guy. The former wins every time. Indeed, a conservative woman is typically regarded as a traitor. That’s why Barbara Walters laughed when she heard that Laura Ingraham [A convert to Catholicism] was called a slut by Ed Schultz, [KNBC] but got angry when Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a slut. It matters to good guys like Walters, a liberal, whether the woman being called a conservative like Ingraham (bad guy) or a liberal like Fluke (good guy). It also matters that Ed is a liberal (good guy) and Rush is a conservative (bad guy)…

“Is it possible for a Catholic (bad guy) to be a good guy? Of course. To the extent that a Catholic rejects the moral teaching of the Catholic Church, he moves from bad guy to good guy. Just ask the Kennedys, Nancy Pelosi and Andrew Cuomo…

George H. Kubeck,

I do not accept putting up with the new class, the cultural elite, the prostitution of education in the California colleges or the two-faced, doubled standard mainstream media. How do we resolve all of this? We are looking for leaders in California, someone like Marco Rubio. And to become better informed, it is wise to listen to talk radio from 9 am to 12 noon M-F with Dennis Prager (KLAC 980) or Rush Limbaugh (KFI 640). Liberals hate Rush. Rush can read their minds.