“By the Reagan era, the 'culture of poverty' had become a cornerstone of conservative ideology: poverty was caused not by low wages or a lack of jobs but by bad attitudes and faulty lifestyles. The poor were dissolute, promiscuous, prone to addiction and crime, unable to 'defer gratification' or possibly even set an alarm clock. The last thing they could be trusted with was money.” JobsLastsCulturePoorAttitudePovertyCrimeLowsAddictionConservativeLifestyleIdeologyErasClockTrustedWagesGratificationAlarmsCornerstonesBad AttitudePromiscuousAlarm Clocks Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“Things seem to be at a boiling point all the time. In fact, it has been that way my whole life. I find it interesting, and I like the fact that the emotions are in your face all the time. You always know where you stand. None of that "we don't have any racial problems here" attitude that you get, say, up north. All of this is rich fodder for a crime novelist.” KnowsWayHas BeensWholeFactsProblemSeemsFacesInterestingEmotionAttitudeRichCrimeWhole LifeNovelistsYour FaceBoilingWhere You StandFodderUp NorthBoiling Point Author:George Pelecanos
“I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.” TwoAbleGamesAttitudeHeardCrimeVictimChessBoardsMurdererSeattle Book:The Athletic Benchley: 105 Exercises from the Detroit Athletic Club News Source: The Athletic Benchley: 105 Exercises from the Detroit Athletic Club News
“In place of the old beliefs of a civilization based on godliness, judgment and historical loyalty, young people are given the new beliefs of a society based on equality and inclusion, and are told that the judgment of other lifestyles is a crime. ... The "non-judgmental" attitude towards other cultures goes hand-in-hand with a fierce denunciation of the culture that might have been one's own” PeopleHas BeensHandsMightYoungCultureBeliefGivenAttitudeCrimeCivilizationJudgmentHistoricalLoyaltyLifestyleInclusionFierceMight Have BeenHand In HandGodlinessJudgmentalMental AttitudeOther CulturesJudgment Of OthersNon Judgmental Author:Roger Scruton
“The attitude of people associating guns with nothing but crime, that is what has to be changed. I grew up at a time when people were not afraid of people with firearms.” PeopleAttitudeCrimeChangedGrewGrew UpGunNot AfraidFirearms Author:Antonin Scalia
“We have a problem with drugs? Let's declare war on drugs! We have a problem with crime? Let's declare war on crime! We have a problem with violence? Let's declare war on violence! The deeply ingrained American attitude that we can solve any problem w/enough force creates, feeds, & rewards the epidemic of violence we are currently experiencing.” WarEnoughProblemForceAttitudeViolenceCrimeDrugRewardsSolveEpidemicsWar On Drugs Author:Peter McWilliams
“This attitude of how society views women as chattel - that's the biggest thing to overcome. When I first started a stake in the issue of relationship abuse, I got really beat up by the Christian right because I was interfering in what was a personal family affair. It's a "family matter." That's why I wish we'd drop the phrase "domestic violence." It sounds like a domesticated cat. It is the most vicious of all crimes - to be abused by someone you had a relationship with! Because then you blame yourself.” ChristianWishAttitudeViolenceCrimeCatOvercomingAbuseBlameAffairInterfereDomestic ViolenceChristian Right Author:Joe Biden
“The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum.” SchoolLeftAttitudeCrimeDefenseAbortionRacistBigotrySuperstitionsCurriculumSchool Curriculum Author:Christopher Lasch