Posted on 03/19/2014 9:06:56 AM PDT by jazusamo
Speech taboos are meant to silence patriotic dissent
When I was in high school in Detroit, there was a great deal of emphasis on clothing.
As I became increasingly interested in fitting in with the “in crowd,” fashion supplanted academic achievement in my hierarchy of importance. My grades plummeted and I became a person who was less pleasant and more self-absorbed.
My mother was very disappointed, because she thought I had enough insight and intelligence to avoid the flypaper trap of acting like everyone else.
Fortunately, after wasting a year pursuing acceptance, I realized that my dreams went far beyond silk shirts and sharkskin pants. I decided to forsake the “in crowd” and redoubled my academic efforts in time to rescue my sinking grade-point average and gain admission to an Ivy League university.
To say that the “in crowd” was disgruntled when I abandoned their association would be a gross understatement. It eventually became clear to them that I would not rejoin their ranks under any circumstances, and they left me alone.
Despite the insults hurled at me, at the time of graduation, my classmates voted me “most likely to succeed.” This indicated that they knew the prerequisites for success but were unwilling to fulfill them, and they wanted others to remain shackled to their underachieving lifestyle.
Political correctness (PC) operates in much the same fashion. It is in place to ensure conformity to the prescribed expressions and lifestyles dictated by the elites.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Yup. His address is:
The Man
The Big House
1600 Plantation Avenue
Washington, District of Corruption
Obamanation, PERIOD.
It is near the muddy banks of De Nile River.
Thanks for the link, I will read it.
It came from this link which you might also enjoy:
“intellectual AIDS” hehehehe snicker snicker snicker
I’ll check out that link.
That’s pretty simplistic thinking by those people. What does skin color have to do with it? I don’t vote for left wing marxist/socialist/statist/commies no matter their color, sex, weight, height, etc.
Good article. Same author, Bill Lind. The first paragraph really sums it up.
Thank you for the ping. Dr. Carson gives me hope.
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