Sam Smith s performance at the Grammy Awards was a desperate attempt to get attention and generate controversy. But the only remarkable thing about his antics was how lazy, safe, and banal they really were. The left is a coalition of those who stand to gain from the deconstruction of Western civilization, and Christianity is one of their favorite targets. Progressives generate political power by deconstructing the nation s heritage, its families, and its values. But they seem most gleeful when they get the opportunity to attack its dominant religion.
00:00:30.840Over the weekend, an incredibly mediocre British musician by the name of Sam Smith
00:00:35.120attempted to generate controversy by dancing in satanic garb while performing at the Grammy Awards.
00:00:41.000Smith, who's declared himself non-binary, sang a song named Unholy along with trans performer Kim Petrus
00:00:47.520while dancers in satanic horns, leather lingerie, and whips surrounded the duo on stage.0.99
00:00:53.280If you were unaware that the Grammys were broadcast, or even that they still existed, you're in good company.
00:00:58.560No one cares about these self-congratulatory media spectacles anymore, and Smith's performance was obviously designed as a desperate bid for relevance.
00:01:07.700In the past, transgression had been an easy way to generate outrage and gain attention for America's degenerate cultural elites,
00:01:14.680but the only remarkable thing about Smith's antics were how lazy, safe, and banal they really were.
00:01:20.720The left is a coalition of those who stand to gain from the deconstruction of Western civilization,
00:01:27.120and Christianity is one of their favorite targets.
00:01:29.620Progressives generate political power by deconstructing the nation's heritage, its families, and its values,
00:01:36.280but they seem most gleeful when they get the opportunity to attack its dominant religion.
00:01:41.220Rather than build something of substance by venerating the good, beautiful, and true,
00:01:46.260the vast majority of leftist art and culture for many decades has been built entirely on subversion.
00:01:51.840At first, these television shows, movies, and songs had something interesting to say.
00:01:56.920There were, of course, many instances of hypocrisy and different contradictions that early works of this type could examine.
00:02:03.600But when a cultural movement's only trick is the deconstruction of the culture that came before it,
00:02:08.620that movement is living on borrowed time.
00:02:11.320Smith's performance would love to recreate the shocked indignation of old,
00:02:15.640the kind of scandal that used to cause outraged parents to rail against the sexually charged performances of Madonna,
00:02:22.040or the type that inspired Tipper Gore to lead a campaign of censorship targeting bands like Motley Crue or Twisted Sister.
00:02:28.780But those days are far in the rearview mirror.
00:02:31.920Hollywood, the music industry, academia, and every other major cultural force in America
00:02:37.380have done nothing but challenge, deconstruct, and transgress these boundaries,