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| Bill O'Reily weighs in on Freak Dancing
 What does Talk show icon Bill O'Reily have to say about modern dance?
"This is not Elvis swiveling his hips. This is not Chubby Checker twisting like a madman. This is intimate bumping and grinding. How did it happen? How did the USA suddenly become Denmark? The answer to that question lies in the popular culture and in the adult world. I asked the owner of a dance studio in Washington, D.C., whether she was disturbed by 14-year-olds "freak dancing." Not at all, she said. It is just "creative expression."
He goes on to say: "I am not coming at this from a prudish point of view. What adults do in private should be of no concern to the government or cranky columnists. But what kids do in public should be scrutinized, and this "freak dancing" deal is appalling. Thankfully, some schools have banned the dancing at social events on campus. But I have heard little social outcry from the media. The reason, I believe, is that the media panders to youth. Magazines and television feed young people a steady diet of salacious images because they sell. All kinds of adult conduct are funneled into articles and programs designed for teens. Seldom is there a lesson at the end of the provocative display, and that leaves many kids up "Dawson's Creek" without a paddle.
There is no question that America's children have been sexualized to a greater extent than ever before. In the early '60s, kids had their dances and their fantasies and their stolen kisses. But there was a mystery to adult behavior and there were taboos for most of us who were young back then. Now the mystery and the stop signs are gone. And the kids are freaking out."
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