Eileen F. Toplansky After opening with the subject of the McCain funeral, Ms. Toplansky adds:
. . . "Consider the vicious attacks on people and property that are countenanced, certainly rarely stopped as Antifa, and Black Lives Matters and their ilk run roughshod in the country. This is not an assertion of civil liberties. It is pure violence, plain and simple. College administrators watch while their universities are trampled upon.
Consider how America has lost an awareness of the value of shame. As defined, shame is a "painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior."
. . . "Consider the vicious attacks on people and property that are countenanced, certainly rarely stopped as Antifa, and Black Lives Matters and their ilk run roughshod in the country. This is not an assertion of civil liberties. It is pure violence, plain and simple. College administrators watch while their universities are trampled upon.
"This confirms another Hoffer assertion: "[t]he disconcerting thing is that loss of shame is not confined to juveniles."
"Shame properly used is "how a sense of decency is developed." It protects the group from the dangers of individual excesses. It is a balancing tool that keeps people accountable.
"In classical Greek mythology, Aidos was the "goddess of modesty, shame, reverence and respect. She was a companion of the goddess Nemesis. As a quality Aidos was the feeling of shame which restrains men from doing wrong, while Nemesis was righteous indignation aroused by the sight of wicked men receiving undeserved good fortune.' "
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