More than one-fourth
of young adults in the United States considered killing themselves in the month
of June, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. That revelation is as astounding as it is depressing. A survey of 5,412
adults conducted between June 24th and June 30th, 2020,
revealed that 25.5% of those between the ages of 18 and 24 had “seriously
considered suicide in the 30 days before completing the survey.” That is well
over double the percentage of older adults polled in the same survey who
claimed to have considered killing themselves.
This is glaringly—if
sadly—illuminating. First off, it clearly demonstrates that many young people
need to go back to the classroom ASAP, and not be stuck at home afraid to go
outside and interact with the great outdoors and those who inhabit it. COVID-19
is bad enough, but our leaders’ response to the so-called pandemic has been
much more detrimental. Forcing people to stay home and indoors, banning school
attendance, church services, weddings, funerals and shuttering movie theaters
and sports leagues has done untold and possibly irreparable harm.
The mainstream media has done
literally everything it could to panic and divide the American people during
the coronavirus pandemic and the near constant bouts of civil unrest and
rioting that followed on its heels. It has used the pandemic to essentially tell
those whom it is supposed to serve that we’re all in imminent danger of dying,
it’s too scary to leave your domicile, and that, really, boiled down to its
marrow, it’s all Trump’s fault. Then it quickly and effortlessly pivoted, and
solemnly swore to Americans that, even though they may be looking out their own
windows at their city or neighborhoods burning down, this was all just a
necessary step towards a more equitable society—or just a “Summer of Love”
style lark. Nothing dire to see here, and, if you disagree, you
are a bigot and the root of the problem.
There is more to it than even this.
Much more. The left has completely won the day as regards culture. And its rot
has now run downstream to poison our politics, as well. All traces of
Judeo-Christianity have been expunged from academia and the public square. The
Ten Commandments have been relegated to a dusty broom closet in a dilapidated
old schoolhouse somewhere in flyover country. Kids are now taught that their
country was founded on systemic racism and unbridled colonialism. They are told
that white people are, you know, because of their skin color, inherently
racist, and there is nothing they can do about it. They are assured that, “In
this country, people of color don’t have a chance.” They internalize the
blatant message that their country is exceptional only for its bigotry. America
bad. Christians silly, deluded… and bad. And now they are told—preemptively—that
they have no concrete gender, that they can and indeed should question
their own sex and sexuality.
Well, run along now kiddies, we’re
done teaching you! Have fun! Have a nice, meaningful life!
I admit, when I’ve been exposed to certain
clips from CNN and MSNBC, for example, I too have briefly considered taking my
own life, though I have usually quickly recovered my sanity. But, our kids—and
consequently our nation’s future—are at dire and existential risk, largely due
to media fear-mongering and government overreach.
If young Americans continue to commit
suicide in large numbers, their country will eventually suffer the same fate.
