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CrispyQ

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39. We value the individual over community.

Sun Jan 25, 2015, 10:49 AM

Jan 2015

We glorify the individual over community at all costs, & now we have an entire society that appeals to the lowest common denominator. Until we realize that no individual can thrive outside of a healthy community, we will continue to slide into the abyss of greed & selfishness.

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Whatever happened to the idea that public figures are [View all] raccoon Jan 2015 OP

Noblesse Oblige? Turbineguy Jan 2015 #1

You think this is just a Rethug thing?? YarnAddict Jan 2015 #2

I don't recall that ever happening. countmyvote4real Jan 2015 #3

Yup. YarnAddict Jan 2015 #7

Pretty lame example bvf Jan 2015 #11

Kind of a very wide definitiion being used. Debate point to you and opponent penalty for misusing a word. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #17

That's not a "flip off" by any stretch of the imagination. nt stevenleser Jan 2015 #34

Not a debate. GeorgeGist Jan 2015 #43

I don't recall that happeneing. ColesCountyDem Jan 2015 #4

Right here YarnAddict Jan 2015 #8

LOL! ColesCountyDem Jan 2015 #12

that is about the farthest fetched reach I have ever seen. rurallib Jan 2015 #15

?? handmade34 Jan 2015 #5

Here you go YarnAddict Jan 2015 #9

Funny how the video never changes? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #19

As we descend more and more IMO into total Idiocracy, some public RKP5637 Jan 2015 #6

Yes, I do remember that which you speak of, bemildred Jan 2015 #10

Regarding Satan - I mean, Cheney... gregcrawford Jan 2015 #13

What examples did Thespian2 Jan 2015 #14

Excellent point! Shemp Howard Jan 2015 #21

It is not really about them, it is about us. zeemike Jan 2015 #25

Yours is an interesting argument. Shemp Howard Jan 2015 #27

There is always a percentage that would have accepted it. zeemike Jan 2015 #30

The reason it is worse is exposure! yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #28

The internet just made it easier. zeemike Jan 2015 #32

I think you are right, but Hollywood has tried to make a movie that does not glorify war but they yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #33

There is a lot more to it than popularity zeemike Jan 2015 #40

I'm saying they are more openly coarse and vulgar now. raccoon Jan 2015 #23

Response to your edit.... Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #16

On a related note... malthaussen Jan 2015 #18

So true. And the end of fair and equal criticism by the media also marks the beginning of propaganda. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #20

What I remember: Nixon, Agnew, Anita Bryant, Briggs, handcuffs, George Wallace, firehoses, Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #22

Yeah, I remember too, hate and fear never leave us, except for those brief moments of hope.. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #35

The ONLY public figure. My only hero that never let me down is.... alphafemale Jan 2015 #24

Showing your age ... beemer27 Jan 2015 #26

Exactly the point I'm trying to make! raccoon Jan 2015 #41

I believe 99% of them do not consider themselves public servants, or whatever, any more. djean111 Jan 2015 #29

I'm not sure it's necessarily getting worse. Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #31

I don't know. If you're going to use the "think of the children!" argument, language is not where I PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #36

I expect that of clergy, not elected officials. I only expect elected officials to not be corrupt stevenleser Jan 2015 #37

Sarah Palin is posterchild for jingoistic faux-patriotic idiocy marmar Jan 2015 #38

We value the individual over community. CrispyQ Jan 2015 #39

It is a shift in public culture - and I show my age in not liking it karynnj Jan 2015 #42