{"id":2238,"date":"2012-12-20T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/12\/speaking-of-a-culture-of-violence.html"},"modified":"2012-12-20T23:11:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T23:11:00","slug":"speaking-of-a-culture-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/12\/speaking-of-a-culture-of-violence.html","title":{"rendered":"Speaking of a culture of violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I can\u2019t help but think about our over-the-top rhetoric that is used to censor traditional speech and religious expression, such as this article of\u00a0mind-numbing\u00a0lunacy demonstrates<\/a>. \u00a0Christmas songs as forms of intimidation and bullying? \u00a0Really? \u00a0It\u2019s been said that if everything is something, then that becomes nothing. \u00a0So if everyone is a Super, then nobody is a Super (remember that from The\u00a0Incredibles<\/i>?\u00a0). \u00a0Or if everything is racism, then racism ceases to mean anything. \u00a0But could it be that we have built a country where everyone thinks everything is evil, where\u00a0everything\u00a0is attacks and assaults and bullying? \u00a0Could this be affecting folks, young folks, who grow up hearing adults speak as though anything and everything that crosses them is the most vile evil and horrible inhumanity? \u00a0Instead of it all becoming nothing, perhaps it\u2019s becoming how young people see the world? \u00a0I don\u2019t know. \u00a0Maybe there\u2019s nothing to it. \u00a0But as I sit back and watch our country splintered into endless divisions of the good and the evil, I just can\u2019t help but imagine that would have to impact me if I grew up in it. \u00a0Just a thought.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t help but think about our over-the-top rhetoric that is used to censor traditional speech and religious expression, such as this article of\u00a0mind-numbing\u00a0lunacy demonstrates. \u00a0Christmas songs as forms of intimidation and bullying? \u00a0Really? \u00a0It\u2019s been said that if everything is something, then that becomes nothing. \u00a0So if everyone is a Super, then nobody is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSpeaking of a culture of violence<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I can't help but think about our over-the-top rhetoric that is used to censor traditional speech and religious expression, such as this article\" \/>\n<meta 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