It's almost as if a huge faucet has been turned off across much of the nation. It's not one labeled 'hot' or 'cold,' - rather it is labeled 'THINK!' While never a nation with great respect for intellectual individuality, we have had moments of clarity across the centuries, and as Americans of great diversity, we have brought a range of insight into our developing republic.
And suddenly, but perhaps not so suddenly, on both sides of the political spectrum - albeit uniquely in each party - a choice has been made to arrest the process of critical thought as if in mid-air. For separate motives, reason and analysis have disappeared from the scene, and rational thought has been replaced by what Bob Alexander refers to as profound retardation.
Alexander is not new to the term. He has a son whose mental and physical disabilities were diagnosed many years ago. He understands the severity of the term and the limits it places on the potential for growth in a child. But, in his guest editorial at http://tvnewslies.org, Alexander is concerned with the 'profoundly retarded' in our society who have made a conscious choice to stunt their thinking. Yes, a conscious choice, - and a very dangerous one for us all.
Not to worry, Alexander spares neither party, and focuses on the retardation across the board from left to right. It's worth a read. Here's an excerpt:
...Over the Summer, culminating on September 12th with the Taxpayer March on Washington D.C., we have seen a perfect example of a truly remarkable phenomenon.
The 70,000 people who attended the rally, as well as millions of other like-minded Americans, for a host of different reasons, have become willfully Profoundly Retarded. They can feed themselves ... Use a bathroom ... Brush their teeth ... And put their clothes on. They have developed basic self-care and communication skills. And That’s It.
What is almost overwhelming to even think about ... is that these millions of Americans ... chose their condition. They have turned their ability to think critically ... off.
Critical thinking employs not only logic but also clarity, credibility, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, significance and fairness. All of which was missing from the Taxpayer March and has been missing from The Conservative Agenda since before this country came into existence.
And to be fair ... Critical thinking is intermittently missing from Liberals as well. For years various pundits on The Right and The Left have described The United States of America as a conservative country. Or a religious country. No. We are a Profoundly Retarded country. By Choice.
The full article is a MUST READ and MUST THINK ABOUT:
http://tvnewslies.org/...