• About Kathy Shaidle
  • Kathy Shaidle: Privacy policy

5 Feet of Fury

Kathy Shaidle's blog. Est. 2000

College Students “Think Freedom is Not a Big Deal”

June 20, 2017 By Kathy Shaidle

As I’ve been saying:

But being born in 1964 means I too was soaked to wrinkling in the hippie music Paglia still adores. And one of its most notable characteristics was that the word “freedom” was then a lyrical convention almost on par with “love” and “baby.” Whereas most millennials, with their bike helmets and parental chauffeurs, probably find “Signs” as mystifying as the “Missa Luba.” The “freedom” to smoke weed, get abortions, and use each other’s bathrooms encompasses their puny libertarian yearnings.

This allergy to freedom isn’t restricted to the young, of course. In many locales in what used to be “America,” a book titled Free Women, Free Men…well, one imagines handing out The Compleat Angler to Bedouins.

More from my site

  • Will the ADL apologize to Rush Limbaugh?Will the ADL apologize to Rush Limbaugh?
  • Joe Bob Briggs: Shut up about “Get Out”Joe Bob Briggs: Shut up about “Get Out”
  • Mark Steyn’s Presidents Day podcast: part twoMark Steyn’s Presidents Day podcast: part two
  • End times? Matt Welch writes something relevant, helpfulEnd times? Matt Welch writes something relevant, helpful

Filed Under: Kathy Shaidle

« “Who Radicalized The Finsbury Park Van Man? The Same Muslims Who Radicalized The Other Terrorists”
Mark Steyn with Tucker Carlson: “One-way multiculturalism” »

Archives

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in