July 7, 2017: Del Rio News-Herald * OPINION * Letter to the Editor * The culture's "new clothes"
Letter
to the Editor,
The
culture’s “new clothes”
Today’s
culture is so fond of its “new clothes”.
Every
day “delusionists” come into the culture.
They spin and weave “new clothes”
made of this special, unique cloth that has a way of becoming invisible to
anyone who is unusually ignorant.
Everyone
in the culture wants to wear these refined “new clothes” because everyone can
tell the wise from the fools when they are wearing these “new clothes”.
The
culture pays these “delusionists” large sums of money to spin and weave these
“new clothes”.
The
culture knows about the cloth's peculiar power, and all are eager to find out
what idiots other people are.
Some
people see the “delusionists” pretending to work away at their empty looms, but
they don’t say anything or else they will be considered fools.
All
they say is, "It's beautiful! It's enchanting!"
Everyone
in the culture condescends to take their clothes off and the clever “delusionists”
help them put on their “new clothes”.
Everyone
says, "Oh, how excellent are the culture’s “new clothes”!
Nobody
confesses that they don’t see anything, for that would prove that they were a
fool.
Finally
an innocent child correctly states and cries out loud at last, “They don’t have
anything on!"
The
people suspected this was correct.
But they thought to themselves, we don’t
want to be right, we prefer to be politically correct.
So they walked more
proudly than ever, all with their “news clothes”.
It
is not an act of charity to let the good citizens of this land live in their
delusion, their persistent insistence that unreality is real.
Rebel
by insisting on reality, common sense, and the obvious; refuse the lies and the
rationalizations.
Point unceasingly to reality; and remember: facts are
stubborn things that in the end reality will befriend you and win the day.
It
will come; stay steadfast.
Do not forsake reality!
People
who live in this fantasy world will either remain in their slumber or suddenly awaken
from their nightmare to face reality.
Welcome to reality!
Welcome to sanity!
Marian
Casillas, Ed.D.
Del
Rio