The self-esteem movement creates monsters...

Today we are reaping the rewards of the self-esteem movement which reached warp-speed in the 60's.  The whole concept of "We are perfect because God made us, therefore we can do no wrong",  has infected the schools (sans the God part), and has crept under cover of darkness into the churches.   TV personalities like Oprah Winfrey prattle on about how wonderful we are - God don't make no junk, doncha know - and pop psychologists have jammed the book stores with enough feel-good nonsense to keep even the most depressed among us busy for an eternity.

Protestant preachers, ala Joel Osteen, are making fortunes touting the prosperity gospel, and way too many Catholic priests have bought into "just follow your conscience."  Pay no mind to the fact that the conscience in question is probably very poorly formed.  Schools inflate grades so everyone can feel smart, and high schools graduate with as many as 15 valedictorians.  And we now have a permanent "victim" underclass who suffer due to no fault of their own.

Lately, our current president has been busy reminding the "small people" about our basic lack of understanding of the machinations of government.  We're told that in time we will understand...or maybe not, but never you mind - either way, "they" know best.  These people who have been elected to do the will of the people have drank deeply from the self-esteem well and we are paying the price.

One of the characteristics I find most often in liberals is their inability to accept responsibility for anything that goes wrong.  It is always the fault of someone or something else.  Our current president has been blaming "someone else" for two years.  Never mind his "stimulus" was a complete failure.  Cash for clunkers?  That sure worked out well.  A health care bill that had to be rammed through in the dead of night because no one wanted it.  Why that's because you're too stupid to understand the finer points.   Unemployment?  Not my fault.

Dr. Sanity has this to say in her fine article  Hardwired not to Think Clearly When Narcissistic:

[...]Our cultural focus on enhancing "self-esteem" has resulted in the near-worship of emotions and feelings at the expense of reason and thought; on emphasizing "root causes" and victimhood, instead of demanding that behavior be civilized and that individuals exert self-discipline and self-control--no matter what they are "feeling".

We see the people who have inhaled this "psychology-lite" everywhere around us, and in all levels of society. Particularly we can notice it in the elites of Hollywood and Academia; who alternate between acting out their narcissistically empowered superiority -- demanding to be noticed, admired and loved (by you); and playing the narcissistically empowered victim -- demanding their inalienable rights and privileges (at your expense). read the entire article - it's excellent

 In just over two weeks, the message from the small, but rational people of this country will be loud and clear.  Will the self-proclaimed elites hear it?  Don't count on it...



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