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.
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.
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