Reply #96: Lately, I have noticed a lot of Americans hate ANYBODY who sets standards for behavior

[havocmom]

So much easier to maintain delusions that I/We are #1 if we can denigrate & deride those who point out where we need to do some learning, work, hell, just make an effort.

Teachers and co-workers who raise the bar are hated by too many because we have become a lazy, deluded society. The fact that just about EVERYTHING is falling apart while we, as a society, keep insisting WE'RE #1! backs up my theory.

Re Obama and DEMS in charge: Yes, some of the illogical and vehement opposition IS about race, but most is about the unwillingness of too many to
A) recognize there are a lot of things that need fixing
B) make some effort (or pay some taxes) to fix anything

Teachers & reformers {read as: progressives} want us to grow & be better. If we need to work, improve, it means we are not perfect. It means reality is making our comfy delusions difficult to maintain. And yet, even most idiots sense there are things which are seriously wrong, so we need our scape-goats.

When some set standards and move to make improvements, they are 'elitists' and treated as near-criminals; surely they must hate America if they want to tweak things here and there.

We need our scape-goats. Teachers and reformers are easy targets. They ask society to do its homework, and that gets in the way of pep rallies.