Desiring a Polite Society

For John, BLUF:  we are no longer a polite society, but one where everyone is a possible enemy.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Diversity and the death of polite society

From The Conservative Woman (UK), by Commentor Frederick Edward, 16 February 2024.

Here is the lede plus four:

TRYING to enter a Boots the other afternoon I had to wait to be buzzed in. According to a sign on the door this was because of a recent spate of aggressive behaviour towards its employees:  as such, after 5pm, entry into the shop was controlled.

This was not, may I add, in some inner-city slum, but in an average retail park in an average town.

Similar trends are visible elsewhere.  Petrol stations near me – though it tends to be the nicer ones with an M&S or Little Waitrose bolted on – have started employing security guards.  These shops, which previously had no bouncers, have for the last few years had two on duty at any time.

Obviously this is necessary owing to a rapid increase in both scummy behaviour towards its employees and an increase in theft (or, as it is euphemistically called in retail, ‘shrink’).

It is a sad token of society’s general direction, and one borne out by statistics. Reported recently was that violence and abuse against shop workers had risen 50 per cent year-on-year, and that the total lost to shoplifting has reached an all-time high of £1.8billion.  Such are the records that are broken in 21st century Britain.

When I was youbg we were taught it was an honor to live in these United States.  Yes, you could assert that it was that wy for Caucasians, but I would suggest World War Two showed that it was so for other folks also.♠  All being happy to be here♥  we treated each otherr with rewpect.

Today, with the division of the natoin into oppressors and the oppressed, and with gradations therein, we are not one people, but a swrl of bickeering sub-nations.  I had hopes that President Obama would begin the healing process, but it didn't advance past his Attorney General Eric Holder saying "We need to have a conversation,"  Surprisingly, President Trump seemed to make some small progress.,  Candidate Biden promised to bring us together, but there has been no follow-through.

The person who will lead us out of this morass is the one who will show respect to all and build trust between groups, offering the American Dream to all.  someone who will build a concensus on what we owe to help marginalized groups their own opportunities and fair share.  Someone who will support the idea that respect goes in all directions and that the sins of the past are for historic review and lesson learning and not a way of creating new groups to be eschewed.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  Just for example, the Navajo Code Talkers, the 442nd Regimentsl Combat Team (Go For Broke) and the Tuskeegee Airmen (thank you Mrs Roosevelt).
♥  Not everyone who immigrated to the United States was happy to be here.  A surprisingly large number returned to their home countries, and that is fine.