Unathorized Questions

Being in an environment where asking questions is acceptable teaches people to trust and allows them to be more self-assured and confident.

When people are taught that obeying authority is more important than being able to trust authority they also feel worse about them self, less empowered, and their obedience is insincere.

Once people in authority begin focusing on typical and predictable behavior as being more important than an inspiration and creativity those who are obligated to obey them have few opportunities to overcome the limitations of predetermined expectations. This encourages them to have at a lower opinion of themselves, less trust in others, and a pessimistic view of the future.

With this type of environment what authority figures describe as misbehavior includes more and more atypical behaviors so that with more rules anyone can be seen as breaking the rules at any time and can be unjustly punished without any explanation. Once everyone is breaking some kind of a rule those in authority can engage in a class war in which morality deteriorates from the ground up. This ultimately controls the population by eliminating the less desirables and would eventually make everyone less desirable.

Intelligence quotient (IQ) tests were designed (and continued to be used) in the United States to protect cultural bias. Ultimately, it excludes people who do not fit into the narrow design that our exclusive government wants to encourage. The No Child Left Behind Act works in a similar way to create what the ACLU calls  The School to Prison Pipeline.

The behavioral modification techniques which were designed through the funding of the National Institute of Health to be used on prisoners of war after World War II ultimately became what we now refer to as applied behavioral analysis. This was originally used in jails and then in public programs for persons with disabilities and now is becoming the standard in school systems with the program known as Statewide Positive Behavioral Support.

This cultural trend toward encouraging a "might is right" attitude not only discourages creative thinking skills and our ability to discern the difference between right and wrong, but it ultimately creates an environment of distrust. It makes us less able to discuss things rationally and more afraid to do so.

I'm always glad to see reports of abuse about autistic people. Disabled people and especially those who are labeled with thinking impairments have always been severely discouraged. The number of such reports is almost zero. Whenever such reports are made, they are almost never investigated, and it is even more rare that the abusers are ever punished.

As the US economy continues to struggle, and we become more of a militaristic culture we have more people being labeled inferior due to psychological labels. This is in keeping with the tradition how we honor the pharmaceutical industry giants and the medical models they create. Normal is becoming even more closely associated with good character and citizenship. With the increase of inferiority labels and the greater focus on behaviorism and law enforcement more people become disenfranchised and are therefore, more prone to disrespect.

It's important that we as a society question and challenge the narrow vision of the corporations who run our government. Exclusivity is not just an event, but it is a mindset. Unless we question the direction of authority our authority will mean nothing to us and misbehavior and chaos will rule.

It should never be seen as dishonorable to report abusive practices of persons in authority and to question the direction of those who govern us. Instead this is the most honorable and respectful thing we can do and is ultimately the key to our survival.