Decline of American Ethics and Human Decency

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This year Christmas day and the start of Chanukkah fell on the same day. For many of us it is a symbolic melding of the Judeo-Christian values of which our nation was founded. But sorry to say, our nation's ethical well-being is on life support these days.

The moral fiber of America has been declining for a long time, but could it possibly get any worse than what we have seen this past year?

Did you ever think thousands of students and so-called educators from ivy league colleges and universities would be openly calling for the annihilation of the state of Israel and the death of the Jewish people? American antisemitism proudly and boldly displayed in our streets and campuses, threatening Jewish students and keeping them from attending class. And did you ever think the authorities in charge and our local law enforcement would stand by and do nothing to stop this?

Just last week on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" comedy news sketch the audience cheered when the anchor mentioned Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Cheering for a murderer.

Mangione is accused of fatally gunning down Thompson, an innocent man who was walking on December 4 outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

Since the murder took place, many liberals, mostly young and female, have been fawning over the accused CEO murderer, with many on the left treating the suspected killer as a folk hero for murdering a rich CEO.

Social media platforms have tens of thousands of idiots on the side of the murderer. Last week it was even revealed that "groupies" have been inundating Huntingdon State Correctional Institute in Pennsylvania with love letter for Mangione.

In another show of support for the suspect, leftists launched a legal defense fund for Mangione on line that had received more than $200,000. Never mind that the killer's family are multi-millionaires.

And then, just a few days ago, a Guatemalan illegal immigrant set fire to a sleeping woman on the New York subway, and sat there watching as she burned to death on the train. He was later arrested and charged with first and second degree murder and arson.

The man had been deported in 2018 and subsequently returned to the US illegally, according to federal immigration authorities. His most recent address in an arrest report was listed as a homeless shelter in Brooklyn for men struggling with substance abuse, the New York City Police Department said.

But here's the frightening part of the story. The crime scene was witnessed by scores of people who were walking down the platform. In addition to the alleged killer, video of the horrifying incident shows bystanders and at least one uniformed NYPD officer appearing to casually walk by or mill about rather than render aid to the fully engulfed victim. Where is Daniel Penny when you need him?

"It's scary," Brooklyn construction manager Alex Gureyev, 39, told The New York Post. "It's going downhill a bit. It's a frequent occurrence. The mugging, the killings, the fighting, the shootings, they're really common nowadays. [It's] very bad."

Videos of the incident spread nearly as fast on social media. The victim was seen standing motionless against the subway door as bystanders watched, some filming her with their phones. One person who watched the social media posts said, "Cops walked by her on fire. People watched and refused to intervene. Of all the things I have witnessed in my life, this is by far one of the most horrifying things I have seen. Not because it was graphic, but because it was 'no big deal' to everyone watching and filming it."

So, as we approach the new year, what are we to make of all this? Is it over for American decency? Are we going to continue to be a culture in decline? There is no doubt that things need to change, and it must happen with the young. Values, ethics, and decency need to be taught once again.

Yes, it starts at home, but the schools need to go back to promoting goodness and virtue as well. I wish more families would embrace religion. It's so important. Ethical monotheism is what once made our American society great.

It needs to be practiced once again if we ever expect Americans to be decent human beings in the future.

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