Letters to the Editor: Reader weighs in on national morality in wake of harassment claims

It is time for men (and women too) to weigh in on the subject of sexual harassment. The point is that not all men are knuckle-dragging prehistoric monsters preying on and victimizing innocent women.

The problem is a decadelong deterioration of morals in this country fed relentlessly by a liberal Hollywood culture and media that celebrate immorality displayed in the treatment of women, foul language, killings and bad behavior in movies termed entertainment.

I recently viewed a children’s book about monsters that “fart” the smell of strawberries. Can anyone recall ever reading a children’s book that used what we always considered “bathroom language” to describe a monster passing gas? Not a big deal, one might say. But it is a big deal if you bring up children who see this language as normal and who see women marginalized on television and movies. It is also a big deal when God is taken out of our education process because it offends certain atheists and left-wingers that despise religion and all the lessons of morality it teaches us through the Scriptures.

The issue of sexual harassment is serious and not to be taken lightly, but the consequences of our lowered moral standards is also equally serious and should be taken seriously by all citizens of this great nation. Who is ready to speak up on the subject? Who is ready to take the risk of being politically incorrect when they publicly criticize the moral deterioration we witness daily in public life?

Morals count!

Al C. Restivo, Ph.D.

La Cañada Flintridge