Emojis

In an texting and Instagram world, where emojis and other brand new electronic symbols, how does one not feel antiquated and irrelevant. It is no wonder that millennials and those born after them feel the our heritage, history, the past and classical wisdom are out-of-date foolishness, barbaric, primitive and fountains of hate speech.

Some of what is current is of depth, a real, lasting, substantive contribution to Western civilization and human advancement. Much of it is fluffy, superficial, trendy and encouraging groupism and the rise of evil.

As a deep conservative, I would not, out of hand, dismiss the world of emojis and Instgram. Instead, I would refrain from judging until time and experience uncover what is advancing things, solid and wholesome, over against what is glitzy, dehumanizing and a conduit for satanism getting an even more powerful grip on the young.

By introducing the young to God, the Good Spirits, Mavellonialism, the Great Books, history and the American Way, they too will have the judgement and intellectual horsepower to differentiate between the new that is contributory and enlightening, versus what is seductive and addictive.