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Originally posted by FrayAdjacent911
THAT is the reason for the removal of stigmas. Me me me me me. (not saying YOU are the reason, the 'why should I care what other people think' attitude, combined with the 'I can do anything I want' attitude)
Stigmas keep people in line. If everything bad was not stigmatized, the moral decay of society would eventually destroy it.
Sadly, I think America is heading to complete moral decay and selfishness.
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I disagree...
Back in "the good old days" there were still people with bad behavior. Any shunning and the like that went on did not stop this bad behavior. IMO the "'why should I care what other people think' attitude." is a really great attitude to have. If you want to shun me because of my divorce or other life choice is totally up to you and it will not have any bearing on me. However, this in itself is not me me me me me attitude either. On the topic of welfare, there was and still is a stigma associated with laziness. But shunning nor tarring and feathering nor lettering a lazy person is going to change their attitude or their laziness.
I also think a lot of the feelings in this post stem from the common attitude that "my generation was better then kids today" or "kids today have it so easy" are we not working to make life easier for our children and grand children? Complaining about that seems wrong to me.
Then again CC told me that when she was younger they could have beer in the car. And somehow that makes me wrong and everyone else in this post right. So really, who knows I guess. Maybe back then there was no stigma attached to getting drunk and killing someone with your car.
Ahh the freedoms we used to enjoy……..