Tag Archives: Neil Postman
The Alternate World Our Children Want to Live In
In his book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, author Neil Postman describes the growth and outright dominance of the entertainment industry and the all-pervading influence it has had upon American culture. More to the point – the book illustrated how a culture could literally be dumbed down by the type of entertainment it dealt with and consisted of. Equally telling in the author’s mind was how much time was spent viewing and reading material that was as frivolously meaningless as it was sensual and vulgar.
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture, Media Watch
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Amusing Ourselves to Death, B.F. Skinner, Brave New World, Charles Bronson, Charles Darwin, Clint Eastwood, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Paul Sarte, Jimmy Cagney, Karl Marx, Neil Postman, roe vs. wade, Sigmund Freud
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Drop Out of Diversity Re-education Struggle Sessions While You Can
Since diversity re-education is all the rage these days (and if Harris and her shadowy, confused puppet win the election will only get worse), I thought it might be helpful to publish the letter I emailed to Deerfield High School’s principal in about 2007 when I dropped out of an ongoing divisive diversity workshop due to the intolerance, close-mindedness, bigotry, and dishonesty of my un-collegial colleagues.
Posted in Education, Faith, Religious Liberty
Tagged crt, Deerfield High School's principal, diversity, diversity re-education, homosexuals, Kamala Harris, LIberals, Neil Postman, polyamory, ttolerance
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Ad Council Campaign to Eradicate Distinctions Between Types of Love
A viral video titled “Diversity & Inclusion–Love Has No Labels” provides clear evidence to disprove theories of social evolution. The public (dis)service video is an emotionally compelling, intellectually specious, and morally destructive piece of propaganda from the Ad Council:
Posted in Media Watch
Tagged Amusing Ourselves to Death, Love Has No Labels, Macklemore, Mary Lambert, Neil Postman, Queen Latifah, Same Love
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Random Thoughts on Tragic Marriage Vote
My random thoughts following the vote on marriage:
1.) Tuesday, cowardly and/or ignorant Illinois lawmakers in defiance of truth, history, logic, compassion, and in some cases, their own religious traditions voted to legally recognize non-marital unions as marriages. In so doing, they have expanded the role of government in the lives of Americans, diminished religious liberty, rendered inevitable the legalization of plural unions, and harmed children in incalculable ways. They have given their stamp of approval on the practice of denying children’s inherent right to have both a mother and father. And they have assured that public schools will teach …
Posted in Sexuality
Tagged Mark Regnerus, Neil Postman, Robert Fracassa, SB 10, Scott Rosenweig
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