Dennis Prager writes: Two months ago, The New York Times published an op-ed piece by a professor of philosophy titled, “Why Our Children Don’t Think There Are Moral Facts.”
This is how the professor began his piece:
“What would you say if you found out that our public schools were teaching children that it is not true that it’s wrong to kill people for fun or cheat on tests? Would you be surprised? I was.”
The problem, as the professor described it, is that a generation of Americans has been taught that there is no moral truth. There may be scientific truth and historical truth, but no moral truth.
The professor is, of course, right, as some of us — overwhelmingly from religious perspectives — have been lamenting for decades.
Now we have another example of the denial of moral truths. Last week, a number of leftists — black and white — announced that it is racist to label the rioters and looters in Baltimore “thugs.” Even though both the black mayor of Baltimore and the black president of the United States did so, the left-wing argument is that the term “thug” is never applied to whites, only to blacks. The T-word is, in effect, the new N-word.
Soledad O’Brien, former CNN anchor, on CNN’s “Reliable Sources”:
“I think when you examine when the word is used, it’s used to describe the actions of people of color, specifically people who are in the inner city.
“I can’t think of a situation where there’s ever been a headline or someone has called a white young person who is in the middle of a violent protest demonstration, whatever, a thug. We use it all the time when we’re talking about people in the inner city.
“Thugs” [is] a proxy, a word we use instead of the N-word.”
Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes interviewed by Erin Burnett on CNN:
Isn’t “thugs” the right word to describe the rioters and looters? CNN’s Erin Burnett asked the councilman:
He responded: “No, it’s not the right word to call our children ‘thugs.’ These are children who have been set aside, marginalized, who have not been engaged by us.”
“But how does that justify what they did?” Burnett then asked. “That’s a sense of right and wrong. They know it’s wrong to steal and burn down a CVS and an old persons’ home. I mean, come on.”
“Come on? Just call them ‘Niggers.’ Just call them ‘Niggers,'” argued Councilman Stokes.
The left-wing website Daily Kos agreed with Councilman Stokes and challenged Burnett:
“Did she or anyone else at CNN use the ‘T’-Word” when the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl … or when the San Francisco Giants won the World Series?”
