Emotionalism, The New Religion, Is Ruining America by Phil D'Agostino

In what now seems like ancient times, there were two great maxims to live by. They were, “sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” And, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Today, not only are words as bad as sticks and stones, but from what seems to be every quarter of our society, we are told again and again, that, you have a right to feel the way you feel, you should feel bad whenever anything goes wrong and that feeling bad and displaying to all is something to be more proud of than hard work and real achievement. It seems to be better to be a person of great feeling, (especially if you feel angry, insulted, guilty or just plain hurt), than to be a person that has learned to ignore life’s indignities and the results of the small-mindedness of others, and focus instead on a pursuit of value.

We hear that you must not let people get away with disrespectful language and we are encouraged to engage in at the very least “chest thumping” and bellowing like a primate, or at the worst, engage in some form of physical score-evening such as “keying” a car in a parking lot, sabotaging someone’s work position and even coming to blows on a busy intersection while crowds of empathizers cheer you on. Such behavior is at the very core of increasing violence in schools and groups or gangs in our cities. It is so pervasive, we now have a new word that even finds its way to the lips of our elected leaders. The word—“dissing”. Ask almost anyone you meet, and they will know what it means.

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