America Is Driving toward the Abyss, and It’s Time We Hit the Brakes

[Valin]

National Review:

If we don’t all take a deep breath, our unrest will only get worse.

David French

July 8, 2016

 

Last night, as the shots rang out across Dallas – as protesters scattered, and we watched the horrible, endlessly replayed video of a police officer’s cold-blooded murder on cable news – I felt that we were witnessing an unraveling. Our unrest hasn’t yet reached the levels of 1968, but it’s moving in that direction – against the backdrop of the worst partisan polarization in decades.

 

We are faced with choices today. At a time when all the short-term incentives point toward unreason, our leaders, political and cultural, must choose reason. At a time when group solidarity is trumping individual accountability, we must choose individual accountability. At a time when the loudest voices don’t wait for evidence to make sweeping judgments, we must wait for the evidence.

 

In other words, we need to pump the cultural and political brakes. Here’s what that means:

 

(Snip)

 

Here’s the bottom line — it is possible to seek justice without slander and to demonstrate humility without weakness. Unless we rediscover that truth, we’ll keep hurtling toward the abyss. The chaos of 1968 – or worse – beckons, but we can choose a different path. It’s time to pump the brakes.

[nickydog]

Yup, will be completely ignored.

[NCTexan]

And the score as America heads into the 4th Quarter:

 

Memes 27

Facts 3