. . . "What’s troubling is how the culture is saturated with a decades-old adolescent preoccupation with sexuality -- and today, bizarre sexuality at that. It’s as if American society -- Western civilization, actually -- decided to take an extended holiday from reality. Isn’t evading reality an aspect of derangement?
"There are causes for our societal breakdown and insanity, but that merits other analysis. We’re a society imperiled by intellectual and moral squalor. That certainly began accelerating in the 1960s. It needs to be stopped and reversed. Politics is downstream from culture. Righting our politics without righting the culture won’t amount to a hill of beans, longer term.
"Fair being fair, shouldn’t the suits who run the MLB add a “traditional families” night at their ballparks? Might the Phillies celebrate the rich traditional family life that’s the bedrock of stable, healthy, thriving societies? Maybe it’s high time we start demanding a night recognizing what’s foundational to America? Or maybe we just skip buying tickets, hotdogs, and beer."
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