Byl Holte@SirBylHolte
I was born in 1961.
Our cartoons didn't try to turn us gay.
Movies and TV shows didn't try to depress us about our world or our lives.
Actors didn't tell us who to vote for.
We had smart comedy and nobody told us what jokes were allowed.
We never heard the n-word or f-bombs coming out of our radios.
There were no TRANS kids.
Nobody told you their pronouns.
Nobody had food allergies.
I could go to school without getting jumped.
We played outside until the streetlights came on.
We had family dinners with no phones at the table.
Families didn't break up over politics.
A man was a man, a woman was a woman, and nobody pretended otherwise.
Nobody lost their job or their home or their family or their friends for merely stating biological facts.
We respected cops, teachers, and the flag.
We celebrated CHRISTMAS, not Kwanzaa.
Nobody was "offended" by EVERYTHING.
If anybody WAS offended by something, it was THEIR PERSONAL PROBLEM, not a national crisis.
And here's the good part:
Women hadn't willfully destroyed every aspect of entertainment - from movies to tv to video games.
Call me old-fashioned and outdated - but I really miss those days.
I'd give anything to go back to BEFORE 24/7 cable news, social media doom-scrolling, and algorithm rage machines.
So God, if you're listening, this is my prayer:
Take us back to the good old days of American civility, PLEASE.
AMEN.
