Posted on 07/19/2004 4:29:29 AM PDT by newsgatherer
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The problem arises when you actually get down to the methods they advocate to ensure their view of equality and their methods of obtaining it.
We are all individuals. We all live our lives based on our life experiences, economic status, education level, religious values, family values and the character traits we developed as a result. We all have differing opinions on different subjects. We all have the right, or should have; to live our lives as free thinking individuals, as long as our actions are legal, moral, non-perverse and contribute to society as a whole. We should have the absolute right, within the above guidelines, to live our lives, as we see fit, as long as it's not harmful to others. We should have the absolute right to worship as we see fit, associate with whom we chose, live where we want and all the other freedoms we are guaranteed and blessed with. To me the most important of those freedoms is free will. I should have the freedom and right to think and have feelings and be able to express my feelings on any subject I may encounter in my life. I don't need or want the "thought police" telling me how I should think, feel or express my opinion. On any given subject I may disagree with others and they may disagree with me. Isn't that what "diversity, tolerance and equal rights is really about?
I am told that I should be "tolerant" of others. I agree and try to practice tolerance. I am tolerant of others religious values (or lack of), customs, political ideologies, and thoughts which differ from mine. However, I do not always totally agree with all their ideologies and lifestyles. The PC advocates would take that right away from me. They would say that I must agree 100 percent with their opinions on any subject. If not then I am wrong. So much for tolerance.
These proponents of "political correction" would deprive me of my right to think and feel as I chose. They tell me that I must not only accept but also embrace life styles and ideologies which I find perverse, or that I feel are destructive and harmful to the values and mores of our country. They tell me who I must hire to work for me, who I can rent my property to, who I should welcome into my home, who is allowed to attend my colleges, how I should feel about certain people,, the correct words to express my feelings, how and when to worship and worst of all, how I should think.
They can't be satisfied with equal treatment. They demand special rights for certain classes of people.
Do you think it doesn't affect you?
Ask yourself, can your children pray, celebrate Easter or Christmas in school? Can they recite the Pledge of Allegiance the way it is written? Are they not permitted to discuss Christianity but required to learn about the Muslim Religion and made up customs such as Kwanzaa? Are they forbidden to use the word "GOD ?" Seem minor or even funny to you? Look around you and see how it's already affecting you. When you get a notice from school to sign does the place where you sign say "Mother-Father" or "Parent 1-Parent 2 ?" Will your children be able to make "Father and Mothers Day" cards this year? Will they be allowed to pass out Christmas cards or even say "Merry Christmas" to their classmates? Will your children be in school on Veterans Day but not on lesser holidays? Will your children be out of school for a "Christmas Break" or will it be a "Winter Break ?" Will your children be allowed to wear a T-shirt stating "God Bless America" to school ?" Will the school menu be adjusted to cater to certain religions? Will your child's History Book go into great detail about how we dropped Atomic Bombs on Japan and not how the Japanese attacked us and the unspeakable atrocities they committed during the war? How many more examples of PC can you find in your everyday life? The blame all goes ...
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Excellent link...thank you.
You bet!
Darn, I was trying to find another thread that was talking about this before - swear it! My first post was in fact a question, and not an answer. It went something like..."PC" was the right's answer to the left's rudeness in all things, but the left took it over and is currently killing us with it.
Another reply also referred to Stalinists as originators.
Anyway - the lesson for the right, if we did have a hand in it - don't mess with free speech unless we're willing to reign in the left with a swift and powerful hand.
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