BEING STRAIGHT BUILT AMERICA INTO A WORLD LEADER

BEING STRAIGHT BUILT AMERICA INTO A WORLD LEADER

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

“Being Straight” became a pejorative term in the 1960s. It was redefined by our mass media and Hollywood as a boring, predictable person who wanted to do everything in the right manner. They were described as people who did not have a hint of charisma or creativity.

Adults who came back from the devastation of WWII wanted stability by building stable families. Children were expected to listen to parental commands and follow them like the good soldiers they needed to be. Fathers found civilian jobs in blue collar and corporate worlds. They financially sacrificed their own interest for the sake of the family’s future. Many stayed in the same business for their entire working years. They earned well-deserved bonuses and retired with a watch or plaque for their loyal years of service. They were family men.

Most of the wives were dedicated stay-at-home mothers. They had cookies and milk prepared when the children came home from school. All the meals were home cooked with the children helping out with the household chores including cooking. She was the manager of the household while the husband earned the bacon. Both were willing to sacrifice for the family by curbing their entertainment, personal purchases and other interests for the family’s betterment. They saved money instead of spending it.

Children were expected to do well in school. They received severe consequences for not obeying the school authorities. There was little second-guessing, questioning or fighting authority’s decisions. When a child persisted in rebelling against authorities in the teen years they went into the military or work force. All youngsters were well aware that by 18 years old they were expected to go out on their own with no handouts coming from their parents.

The script for growing up was crystal clear. You were supposed to be the best you could be. Teenagers were to become quality young adults by doing their duties to God, family and their own future. Anything that could embarrass the family was to be avoided at all costs. Everyone worked and did their duty as a team.

Everything on the home front was not perfect but in general the family was a strong unit. Not all people followed these standards and expectations. Some male veterans returned home psychologically and physically damaged. Many turned to alcoholism and irrational outbursts. Some women had a difficult time handing over some power to their husband after being solely in charge for so many years. Others wanted more freedom outside the house and resented being merely a housewife. Some teenagers turned away from their families and towards gang approval becoming juvenile delinquents.

The 1950s were relatively stable and productive in increasing family financial level. Divorce and out-of-wedlock births were rare. Our public schools reached highs in academic performance much above the sunken levels of today. Economic production rose rapidly and so did the middle class salary and benefits.

The cultural revolution of the 1960s totally rewrote the script of traditional standards and expectations for America. Being “straight” became a negative. “Cool” people were the ones who walked on the wild side. Hippie communes lived in the here and now. This meant when one stoned affluent member’s assets ran out everyone abandoned the commune and found another. “Sex, drugs and rock and roll” became the rally cry for the Cultural Revolution proponents. It was all about selfish, personal interests and the abandonment of the family unit.

Productivity was not part of the concerns of the movement. Cultural chaos reigned. Woodstock was the zenith of this part of the Cultural Revolution. Many of the founders of this movement, Abbe Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and others wormed their way into the establishment becoming bankers, lawyers, actors, politicians, media personalities, professors and many other professions.

These self-proclaimed geniuses have finally turned the culture upside down.

Straight traditionalists have become evil and worthless. Perverted behavior became chic. Che Guevara, Charles Manson, Bill Ayers: SDS leader, killer and later Chicago professor, and other malcontents even outright violent criminals were given the status of liberators. The Cultural Revolution implemented the new social order; Progressive ideals such as political correctness and social justice were instituted. Our country lost its status as the beacon of freedom, liberty and justice in the world. The Cultural Revolution has been a horrendous failure.

Let us reject the non-workable, hypocritical and unjust Cultural Revolution. Bring back strong families, God, high standards and severe consequences for contemptuous and evil acts. By bringing back the clearly defined, God fearing, straight culture, America will regain opportunity and moral strength as the leader of the free world.

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a new just published book, entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can visit Dr. Maglio at www.drmaglio.blogspot.com.