The themes of Yom Kippur, which begins Sunday evening, are repentance and forgiveness. Both seem increasingly archaic in a culture that says “It’s not my fault,” “Why should I apologize?” and “Are you trying to shame me?”
This is a society that doesn’t blush easily.
Conduct from which society used to recoil can now be condoned if the perpetrator is a member of a certified victim group. Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, was kicked out of a performance of the musical “Beetlejuice” after she and her boyfriend got frisky in a packed Denver theater, among other breaches of etiquette.
Freud told us that shame is unhealthy and we should embrace our urges, lest — God forbid — we give ourselves a guilt complex. People are urged to “own” their emotions. It might be better if some disowned their emotions, or at least kept them under wraps. Today we have flash mobs, women being brutalized in the streets, and prosecutors who refuse to charge all but the most heinous offenses.
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