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Friday, June 26, 2015

The Normalization of Deviance



All societies have a natural progression from birth to death. Born in health and vigor they gradually decline into scleroses and entropy until such time as they fail and are swept from the board. The surest sign that such a society is doomed is the acceptance and promulgation of the deviant as the norm. The tried and true values of human society that built successful societies is chipped away bit by bit. The elite will of course call the tune and demand that all dance to their music. Their boredom and existential ennui leads to them to sensations and indulgence in deviant behavior that has long been abhorred by conventional society. Soon enough they engage and celebrate sexual excess, incest, bestiality and homosexuality as though this is perfectly normal behavior. The most outré practices will soon not merit censure or even comment. You risk all you own to disavow such behavior. That is how you end up with a horse in the Senate.

We are well along the route of this descent into madness. Deviance will be normalized and voices that caution that this has all happened before will be shouted down. The sybarites and hedonist will rule and anything that puts a brake on excess will be at best mocked and belittled or at worst outlawed and criminalized. Those that refuse to accept deviance will be marginalized and driven underground. The process is ongoing and if you do not realize it you have not been paying attention.

You will not be able to opt out of the normalization of deviance. You will be coerced by the state and your religious and moral values will be dictated to you by the elite. You will not have a choice in the cakes you bake or the photos you take or the religious values you hold. If you express your disagreement you will lose your job and be harried from the public square. Soon even the symbols of your faith will be outlawed. Much as in China the government will dictate that the Cross will go the way of the Confederate Flag. They will deem Christian symbols “hate speech” and restrict their display. Churches, temples and synagogues will be forced to perform same sex marriages or be sued and penalized and driven underground.

Those who tell you this will never happen are lying. Those that tell you that the Courts will protect religious freedom are deluded. The elites will enforce the normalization of deviant behavior with all of the power at their disposal.


They are enjoying their victory dance in the endzone right now. But soon enough they will put their shoulders to the goal posts to move them once again. This is not the end of the matter. The drive to normalize deviant behavior will progress into even more ridiculous extremes.

(I originally posted this as a comment at Lem's Levity but I feel it is too dangerous to express such sentiments in public. We must follow the example of Saint Benedict and divorce ourselves from society until such time as the fever breaks and the body politic can heal.....or die)