Don’t Be a Jerk
AMERICA
‘Coarsened”
is a word you’ve probably heard more and more frequently in the past
few years. It’s most often applied to the state of public discourse in
our country, particularly in the political sphere.
Lately, some of our political candidates
have been calling one another names, using schoolyard taunts and
shouting over one another during televised debates. There have even been
articles written that used insights from child psychologists to aid
parents hoping to teach their children that this is not how adults
should behave. On top of that, your social media feeds (Facebook,
Twitter and the like) may be filled with increasing levels of invective.
Even in our own church many Catholics seem ready to call another person
a “bad Catholic” at the drop of a biretta.
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