Political Correctness

America is fixated on a phrase referred to as “Political Correctness.”

I mean, we’ve gotten to the point where if you dare have your own opinion, and it doesn’t happen to match the opinion espoused by the Politically Correct among us; God help you.

Take the display of the Confederate Battle Flag, for instance.

We just got done with a “steam roller,” “Let’s all jump on the band wagon,” “get ‘er done” program leading to the lowering of this symbol of our southern heritage in South Carolina. All because some demented fool decided to shoot up some innocent people in a church; a man who happened to assign a different meaning to the flag under which the common Confederate soldier fought and died. I mean, I’m not a racist, not a member of the KKK or skinheads, but two of my ancestors died during the War Between the States; fighting for the southern cause. Believe me, they weren’t so taken up with the issue of slavery, as they were the defense of their wives and children, and what they thought of as the aggression of their northern enemy.

And speaking of Political Correctness, take abortion for another “for instance.”

Planned Parenthood decries a recent shooting on their Colorado Springs “campus” in which three were killed.

When interviewed, the liberal, “fat cat” regional representative of this organization responded with, (paraphrased)

“It’s one of those recurring episodes with our organization. People perpetrating violence on our clinics, doctors and clientele. It’s just simply horrendous. It’s just unacceptable in our day and time that anyone would take it on themselves to play God.”

(Come again)?

Violence? Horrendous? Unacceptable? Playing God?

The last time I checked those adjectives pretty well characterized the afore-mentioned organization.

And yet, if I or anyone else in America embraces and espouses a “Pro-Life” agenda, they “catch hell” for doing so. And when the feedback is directed my way, and I remind Jim, Jane, or Suzie that boys and girls are taught about birth control in the 6th grade,... well now, that just won't do.

They want to talk about “Reproductive Rights,” but strangely enough, they never seem to talk about “Reproductive Responsibility.” I mean, we know what causes unplanned pregnancy. It’s not like it can’t be prevented. C’mon folks.

And for the sake of the argument, I can “buy into” a few exceptions to the rule; rape, deformity and “the life of the mother,” but these exceptions (contrary to what some would have us to believe) account for a small percentage of the amazingly large one and one half million abortions a year in this country.

Different opinion? I’m sorry, you “ain’t got a right” to have a different opinion in this country, or you’ll be called to account for it.

And then we have the example of a recently well-worn phrase.

“Black Lives Matter.”

Well, yes they matter. They matter A LOT. But c’mon folks, all lives matter. As the old gospel hymn reminds us,

“Red & Yellow, Black & White, they are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children, (as well as adults) of the world.”

Liberal cable channels such as CNN devote countless hours on a multi-day basis to the coverage of “Blue on Black” scenarios in which a policeman, having reported to a crime scene, has taken the life of an African-American individual. Never mind, that in the majority of these cases the so-called victim has perpetrated criminal behavior. And never mind that the individual has, when ordered to comply, refused to cooperate with police. Given these variables, accidents happen, and  unfortunately, people get shot.

In retrospect, when three black men recently invaded an Indiana home and raped and killed a white minister’s wife, CNN (and the other liberal “news” networks) devoted comparatively little time and effort to televising coverage of the matter.

Black Lives absolutely matter. But lives of all skin tones matter.

Don’t talk to me about Political Correctness.

When we are all forced to “march to the same drummer” in this country, and we are all expected to believe and speak the same thing, we are marching too close to the margins of political tyranny and absolutism, and are too close to marching in lock step with some of the radical mindsets which gave us “people” like Hitler, Stalin and Hussein; (though, to be sure, our modern mindsets take on a slightly different flavor).

In a recent interview, a CNN “news” anchor, (can you tell I like CNN) berated the Rev. Rick Warren for his Biblical view on homosexuality. You would think he killed her best friend on earth. But true to form, Rev. Rick refused to bow down to the god of Political Correctness.

We live in a Democracy. We are guaranteed, (at least thus far) our 1^st Amendment right to free speech. I will not be silenced. I will not march in lock step with the majority, (if indeed, the majority embrace a philosophy I abhor,) I will not embrace or espouse Political Correctness for the sake of Political Correctness, or because someone casts derision upon me, or my fellow American believes that I should.

 

By William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "(Mc)Donald's Daily Diary" Vol. 17. Copyright pending.

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