When did our culture quit producing men that would “do what’s right”?

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My dad is the epitome of a man who had no gray area.

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What do you think about this? You're speaking as if you think this is admirable.

Your dad sounds mentally ill.

To only see things in binary is a sub human trait.

I agree 100% with the OP. I have noticed this over my lifetime.

I noticed when Hollywood started making movies that glorified the bad guy/crook.

I noticed when people started openly talking about cheating on tax returns etc. Sure it has always gone on, but it was not something you would blurt out and expect people to agree with you.

I noticed when people started taking up for the crappy kids instead of whipping their arse for being bad at school.

I remember watching a cartoon as a kid where the babysitter was given a book on raising kids with all the new way of handling it. When the mom got home and was faced with the childs bad manners. She took the book and said your aren't using it right and proceeded to use the book too whip the brat bent over her knee.

Todays you go to jail for such things and you better believe nothing like that is in cartoons today.

I remember when both Republicans and Democrats (voters) both wanted what was best for America.

I remember in a time before lawsuits when land owners didn't care if you fished or hunted on their land if they weren't wanting it for themselves. Now even if they don't mind they won't let you for fear of lawsuits.

Those days are long gone.

I put a lot of blame on church's chasing the bodies to fill coffers for bigger churches, etc.

Growing up there was nothing that deserved more respect than the House of God. My dad made sure we understood that. You wore your "Sunday best", etc. Now you go to church with people looking like the just rolled out of bed or hanging out at the mall. The church use to be our guiding moral compass, and it no longer is. Therefore, how do people learn the moral decorum our society use to have??

Fore goodness sake, I heard that there is a fairly large amount of young people that don't know who Moses is. Ie...they don't know what the 10 Commandments are. The foundation of our moral compass.

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When did our culture quit producing men that would “do what’s right”?

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The Great Society Act in 64-65, and the left has destroyed the nuclear family. Just look at the black communities fatherless homes before and after and that tells all you need to know.



Btw, I’m 32 and am very much like your father. Be who you are and what you believe regardless of what era you’re on this Earth.

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When did we stop valuing people with moral character? It’s fricking depressing.

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What the lefties are going to say: We still produce them, they just aren't your morals. Plenty of people making sure that they minimize their carbon footprint, don't misgender anyone, and so on.

What I'm going to say: the morals you speak of are Judeo-Christian morals. Do you go to a faithful conservative church regularly? If not, you've cut the foundation out from what you seek to preserve.

Oh, and I'm 50 and am very much like your dad.

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My dad is the epitome of a man who had no gray area. There’s right ... and there’s wrong. And you always do what’s right no matter how difficult it may be.

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Nazi's are asking if you are hiding any Jews, do you lie or tell the truth?

You might say that's easy, you lie. That's obviously the right choice. You've just chosen "the ends justify the means" and have opened a whole can of worms. Or, conversely, you've just sent people to their death because you refused to lie.

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We continue to vote in crooks and moral reprobates to govern us. Idiots and scumbags that are celebrated.

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They've got the sheep pegged. I think our understanding of human psychology has allowed it easy to somewhat control the average person.

For a political advertisement, they're going to use the right words (determined by polling, example: say cost, not tax) certain music will be played to help invoke the feeling they want, the candidates clothing is chosen to target certain demographics.

It's all a show, but its effective for most voters.

Whatever Became of Sin (actual 1973 book title by Dr Karl Menninger) (and shame)?

Legitimate and important questions in a post-modern world of moral relativism.

Dispersed, only digitally connected "communities" make it more difficult to create a sense of moral and ethical commitment and accountability to one another.