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You have finally landed on the one page on this entire site (and on the entire internet for that matter) that is purely without bullshit... my soapbox page. There are a lot of times during our show that, whether it's because of time constraints and other obligations, I don't always get to address some issues that I feel don't get the attention they deserve. There are even more times when I just don't feel like waiting until the show the next day to get some things off my chest. Thus, I have started the "Rob's Soapbox" page. If you have clicked on this page looking for someone to coddle your fragile sense of self-esteem, or tell you what you want to hear or to reinforce your outdated world view, then exit this page right now and go somewhere else. If you are in search of the last forum for reason and common sense left in the world, then sit back, relax, and enjoy. I make only one promise with this soapbox page... if you read long enough and often enough, you will eventually be offended. So here's my latest soapbox. Listen up, 'cause you just might learn something... |
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October 9th, 2006 The Nazis are Coming! The Nazis are Coming! For years I have preached to you the hazards of coddling our children, embracing the attitude that it "takes a village to raise a child," and the rampant paranoia running through our society propagating the false belief that there's a predator around every corner. Now, these three cowardly, misguided disservices that we've been doing to the children of America are beginning to coalesce into one giant, scary mindset which allows for rights to be stripped away in the name of "protecting the children." It was scary enough that we allowed our government to create a database to force child predators to "register," a la Nazi Germany. I have documented ad nauseam how many different Constitutional violations are being committed with that monstrosity and the slippery slope it is leading us down . Click below for my previous soapboxes on the subject:
No matter, of course, because America has been sucked into the pussified attitude that anything that protects or coddles children is worth whatever the cost. Anytime life is lived through fear, it has a crippling result. Sure enough, our children are growing up to become adults who are completely unequipped to deal with all of the pressures, realities and disappointments that come with life. As this attitude is allowed to stand, more and more ludicrous policies are floated and laws passed, all of which chip away at the few freedoms we have left. To wit; **In some states, adults are not allowed to smoke around children because of the second-hand smoke canard, a classic example of coddling a child trumping a free American's right to choose his or her vice. **Children riding bikes are forced to wear more padding than a major league baseball catcher in a mis-guided attempt to stop any child from ever getting a bump or a bruise. A parent who wants their kid to feel the sometimes painful repercussions of pushing their limits is branded a child abuser and reported to CPS, a classic example of coddling a child trumping a free American's right to raise his or her child how he or she see fit. **Soda and candy are being banned from schools as if it will have any affect whatever on childhood obesity in America. A parent who is working hard to teach his or her child about choices and obedience is robbed of that opportunity in the name of coddling the children. **Auto manufacturers are being forced by law to install cameras and sensors so that parents won't back over their own children. The rest of us bear the cost, literally, of foolish parents who are too stupid to know where their children are, a classic example of coddling a child trumping the free American market system. **Playgrounds across America are being turned into rubber havens of corner-less fun in the name of no child ever getting bumped or bruised. Pussies unite.
Apparently, we will stop at nothing. All of the above ideas came from one ignorant fool stating the idea out loud and a whole stadium full of lemmings nodding their head in agreement while uttering meaningless clichés like, "…well if it will protect the children…" Now comes the coup de gras. Endgame. The jig is up. In the name of coddling our children in the United States of America, it is now being discussed that the government should have access to (and ultimately control over) our bodies and reproductive rights. Farewell, o land of the free and home of the brave; welcome all goose-steppers to the main stage. A lawmaker in South Carolina last week floated the idea that a parent who "doesn't properly care for their child," (a subjective barometer to say the least) should be "spayed." In other words, once you fall under the heading of neglecting or abusing your child in the eyes of society, you will be sterilized. How nice. For those of you who choose to shrug your shoulders and say idiotic things like, "it will never happen," or "well, what do you expect from the South?" I say wake the fuck up. When elected officials are allowed to even utter such monstrosities we must stand up and demand a return to common sense. Rather, we are actually engaging in the discussion, which is hard to believe, yet not surprising. Think for a moment about how backwards we have become as a society. If this same lawmaker would have suggested murdering all prisoners, revoking the rights of blacks to vote or public displays of hatred towards gays the man would have been run out of service, and rightfully so. When he suggests revoking the reproductive rights of Americans he is hailed as a visionary. I more than anyone am aware that no time soon will our reproductive rights be handed over to the government, but I am smart enough to know that these are how these things start. Before you know it, you wake up with a micro-chip on your penis and a gate on your womb. Get the horse ready, Paul Revere; we're about to raided again.
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