News Flash! News Flash! You heard it here first.
A looming national health crisis has pushed the United States into an irreversible downward decline. The facts speak for themselves.
A national health survey, conducted just this Monday morning, confirmed that reported cases of anxiety and depression among elite, college educated, liberals tripled from Friday to Monday.
How could this have happened? Simple. Those surveyed were all subscribes to the New York Times.
The October 16th Sunday edition went beyond the usual focus on income inequality and social injustice. Instead, they posited the theory that all citizens of the United States were struggling with mental health issues to an extent not seen at any time in our nation’s flawed history.
Their “Sunday Opinion” section ran under the headline, “It’s Not Just You. America’s mental health crisis isn’t just about feelings. It’s about money, power and politics, too.” That section, all eighteen pages, was devoted to only one topic: the nation’s mental health crisis.
To be sure, some of those surveyed on Monday morning were struggling with genuine mental health issues. The vast majority was not. But then, how could you explain the survey results tripling the number of New York Times readers troubled by mental health issues?
Those subscribers who responded to the survey admitting symptoms of depression and anxiety were, by-and-large, fairly happy individuals.….successful professionals, living in upscale neighborhoods, untouched by crime and poverty. Typical NYT readers.
And therein lies the problem. Those responding to the survey believed that being “happy” would be inexcusable in the America presented by the New York Times. When surveyed, they simply could not admit to being happy.
Being happy, in what the New York Times repeatedly describes as a nation of total disfunction, would invite condemnation. You would be seen as being insensitive and callous to the dire condition of others. Whoa. Unforgivable sin.
Keep in mind, the overriding mission of the New York Times is to engineer social change by emphasizing the negative aspects of society. To be “happy” would be a betrayal of that mission.
Makes me feel kind of depressed and anxious.