The Act Of Being Politically Correct Has Gone From The Sublime
To The Ridiculous
There was a time that being politically correct meant speaking
and acting in a considerate manner to others. Now it means
speaking and acting in a manner acceptable to the Hollywood and
politically left wing Elite who have appointed themselves as the
arbitrators of what is proper and what is not proper.
For instance Christmas is a legal holiday and was made a legal
holiday in order to celebrate the birth of Christ. It is now,
however, politically incorrect to say Merry Christmas because
you might insult non Christians and atheists. We are told that
the correct greeting is now Happy Holidays. Department and other
stores that make most of their money selling Christmas gifts now
advertise Holiday gifts, wish us Happy Hoildays and play Holiday
music that does not mention Christmas, Christ or God. God forbid
they should insult anyone and lose a sale. It doesn't matter
that they are insulting Christians, because Christians, by
nature of their beliefs, are forgiving. Teachers are teaching
young students to say Happy Holidays because many teachers now
believe that it is politically incorrect to bring religion into
school and that it is okay to deny God but it is not okay to
irritate atheists.
A janitor is now a custodial engineer and a garbage hauler is
now a sanitation engineer even though neither has an engineering
degree. An American Indian is now called a Native American. A
person who is deaf is now hearing impaired. A blind person is
now visually impaired. A handicapped person is now physically
impaired. A fat person is now called weight challenged or weight
impaired (I am fat but I am not challenged nor impaired and I
resent the use of those words. I don't mind being called fat,
after all, it's the truth, but I do mind being told that I am
less than others because I'm fat.). A pet is now called an
animal friend. A person who is slow to learn is now mentally
challenged. Orientals are now Asians. Anno Domini (AD) is now
Common Era (CE). A prison is now a House Of Corrections. An
illegal alien is now an undocumented immigrant or an
undocumented worker. Terrorists are now called insurgents even
though the definition of an insurgent is a rebel and a rebel
does not usually kill innocent people. Punks and deliquents are
now called environmentally challenged youths. People are no
longer laid off, they are now downsized. Merry Christmas is now
Happy Holidays. Happy Thanksgiving is now Happy Turkey Day. Even
Valentines day is now being called Friends Day.
Don't say "under God" when saying the Pledge of Allegiance,
because you might make an atheist uncomfortable and then the
atheist might sue.
It's funny when Whoopi Goldberg, Barbra Streisand, Jay Leno,
David Letterman and others insult President Bush and call him
stupid, but it's not funny if you make fun of Whoopi Goldberg.
The fact that President Bush is the elected leader of this
country and that when they insult him they are insulting the
Office Of The President and thereby insulting this country,
doesn't seem to matter. The fact that their insults are read and
heard by people in other countries who use the insults as fodder
to justify their dislike of us, doesn't matter. The only thing
that matters is that they don't like President Bush and they
hope that if they insult him enough, people will start believing
that the insults are true facts and not just jokes.
Drug addicts are victims not criminals, even though they broke
the law by using illegal drugs and even though they are aiding
drug pushers by giving them money, because many of the Elite
also use illegal drugs and they don't consider themselves to be
criminals.
Don't call God a him, because certain women will be angered. The
fact that no one has ever actually seen God and the fact that no
one really knows if God is a he, she or it, doesn't matter. The
fact that Christ is alledged to have said that God was his
Father, doesn't matter. All that matters is that certain
celebrities and activists don't like to hear God called a he and
since they don't like it they feel insulted.
It's not only okay, it's comical, to lump all Priests together
and label them pedophiles like Jay Leno does, but don't you dare
say a teacher might be incompetent. If you do, a teacher's union
will jump down your throat. It doesn't matter that the vast
majority of Priests are kind, caring and honorable men or that a
large percentage of teachers can't teach their way out of a
paper bag. All that matters is that Priests won't fight back so
it's okay to lump the good ones with the bad ones and make fun
of them.
We are no longer Americans, we are now African-Americans,
Mexican-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans,
Italian-Americans and a whole bunch of other -Americans. How can
we hope to remain 'one country, under god or not under god,
indivisible' if we are already dividing ourselves by ethnicity
and prior nationality. I am solely an American. My ethnicity or
the nationality of my ancestors does not effect my being an
American. I can be proud of my ancestry without hyphenating my
Americanism. My wife was born and raised in Mexico. She says
that she is an American of Mexican decent. She is proud of her
Mexican heritage but since she is now an American citizen she
answers to American or American of Mexican decent not
Mexican-American. And what is with this African-American bit.
According to most biblical scholars and most scientists, the
human race started out in Africa. If that's true, then all of us
are decended from people who lived in Africa and all of us could
be called African-American. Additionaly, what do you call a
person, of African decent, who lives permanently in this country
but is a French citizen and not a citizen of this country. You
can't call him an African-American as he is not an American. Do
you call him an African-Frenchman or do you call him an
African-Frenchmen who resides in America? You can't call him a
Black because no one is actually black. What if he is dark brown
or light brown, do you call him a Brown. I am called white but
in actuality no one is white and some so called whites are
darker than some so called blacks. Why do we need to use color
or ethnicity in order to tag people. I can see using
complection, ie: pale, dark brown, olive, etc. as a person's
description, but I can't see using it as part of their identity.
Political correctness is fine to a point, but like anything
else, take it too far and it becomes ridiculous. We have taken
it too far and it is now ridiculous. Stop listening to the
Hollywood elite and start thinking for yourself. Don't be
stupid. Oh; I apologize, should I have said don't be mentally
impaired? Be kind, be polite and have empathy for others. Don't,
however, let others tell you what to think and say.