Porn, Glenn Beck and Nudie Pics: Is Our Mass Culture Turning Kids Into Sex Crazed, Right-Wing Automatons?

AlterNet, The Faster Times by Branwyn Lancourt | Sep. 16, 2009 (Opinion)
Kids today are exposed to vast amounts of sleazy, pornified media at the same time that they are hammered with silly puritanism. The future doesn't look good.

The new generation is a different breed altogether.

Kids today are being made to process an insane amount of sex, violence and stupidity in the form of reality TV, internet porn, and World Of Warcraft. In addition they’ve got all the Limbaughs, Hannitys and Becks aggressively spouting their righteous faux morality across the nation’s airwaves. This strange dichotomy must be far more stressful to try and make sense of, than what previous ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 16, 2009

Entertainingly written, if provides a serious look at influences on the youth of today.

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 by Randy Morrow - Sep. 17, 2009

In fact, if one were to crunch the numbers and extrapolate to an inevitable conclusion, it’s easy to envision a future society run by a lot of emotionally deadened, ... More »

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