When the Media and Schools Attack: Dumb Parents Raise Dumb Kids Who Grow Up to Be Dumb Parents!

The other day I read this article which confirms what most of have already known for a long time: The average American doesn’t know much about history and the foundations of our ever evolving culture. Could this be due to the fact that the origin of our culture is under attack? I believe so.

Now, it’s not easy to pinpoint exactly where the attack is coming from the most. I believe the pop culture communicated via the electronic media (radio, television, the Internet, etc.) is dumbing down our population. The question becomes, is this a concerted effort or just a byproduct of capitalism without morality? I think it’s both.

There are plenty of media executives and corporate players who are content to look the other way as our culture is invaded with overt sexual imagery and irresponsible messages. They shrug their shoulders at rampant gore and extreme inhumane violence that has no sense of a moral compass to it. It’s all about making another buck, and who cares about responsibility.

There are also producers of this content who are of a depraved mind. I believe there are those who are well aware of the culture war, those secular progressives, who believe morality is completely relative and intend on subjecting American children and families to their brand of morality or the lack there of. The idea of universal morality upsets these folks greatly and they are on a passionate and angry mission to destroy any notion of it.

Whether it’s greed, power, rebellion, or hate there are forces at work destroying our original culture (which is based on traditional Judeo-Christian values) and it’s creating a society of uninformed children who grow up to be uninformed adults which raise uninformed children.

How does this change? It can’t be the role of corrupt government to raise children or control parental choices. The government can however hold the media and corporations responsible for what they’re doing to families. I’m a capitalist but I also realize that with great power comes great responsibility and I don’t see very many responsible people running things in the media.

There has to be a system of checks and balances to ensure freedom for both producers and consumers. I’m looking for answers. Are the answers going to come from government incentives? Are the answers going to come from greater FCC regulation? Are the answers going to come from consumers with values making wise choices? I believe the answer to all of those questions is yes!

Another front in the culture war we need to look at is the public school system which has gobs of problems. The schools are also filled with people with agendas. The schools are also way to heavily influenced by the federal government. Let’s face it, aside from perhaps some standards, lots of folks I talk to would like to see the government out of schools all together.

Some clamor for privatization of all schools, but will we be able to keep corporations looking to make a buck, and others with radical agendas contrary to our nation’s founding values from dominating and monopolizing these schools?

I’m all for private schools, as long as their is a choice for parents. The real problem is we have an awful lot of parents who just don’t seem to care to take the time to make responsible choices. It’s time there was more noise made by the general public for parents to get their act together! It’s pretty sad that parents need peer pressure or incentives to do their jobs, but it appears that something has to be done to light a fire under their rear end!

In the end, let us not forget the main purpose of government is to protect the rights of individuals, not to run their lives. If it is to influence at all, it should do so in a manner that is in agreement with the values this nation was founded upon, not upon some radical agenda of secular progressives or greedy corporate executives.

So now that I’ve got you all fired up, what can you do? Encourage friends in your community to make responsible decisions as parents, elect government officials with strong traditional values who will address these issues, research where you’re spending your money and make wise consumer choices so that you’re not aiding forces that are out to attack your family, and for goodness sakes teach your kids some morality, spend some time with them, and turn off the television or throw out the computer if you have to do it to get them outside or reading books!

Just some thoughts from your Culture Warrior buddy Andy.