http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/politicallycorrect/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:33:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416271/posts James Cameron’s new film Avatar is loaded with fresh, eye-popping special effects, all in a new, cutting-edge 3-D that sets the standard in cinema technology. It is also loaded with tired, mind-numbing leftist clichés embedded in old, reactionary themes that set a new low for political propaganda. The plot as avatarAn avatar is, originally, the embodiment of a Hindu god. Today the term also refers to an embodiment or personification of some principle, attitude, or view of life; online it’s a graphic image that represents some person or thing. Cameron’s movie is filled with avatars, but not just the strange,... The Atlas Society - The Center for Objectivism http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416271/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:33:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414956/posts To All My Democrat Friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2010, but not without due... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414956/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:30:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411454/posts The internal threat from Muslim extremists in the military extends to high-level Defense Department aides who have undermined military policy. In fact, one top Muslim adviser pushed out an intelligence analyst who warned of the sudden jihad syndrome that led to the Fort Hood terrorist attack. An honored guest of the Ramadan dinner at the Pentagon this September was Hesham Islam, who infiltrated the highest echelons of the Ring despite proven ties to U.S. terror front groups and a shady past in his native Egypt. As senior adviser for international affairs to former deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, Islam ran... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411454/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:57:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406972/posts The Rt Rev Stephen Venner called for a more sympathetic approach to the Islamic fundamentalists that recognises their humanity. The Church of England’s Bishop to the Forces warned that it will be harder to reach a peaceful solution to the war if the Afghan insurgents are portrayed too negatively. His comments came as the Prime Minister visited Afghanistan and warned that the Taliban was fighting a "guerilla war" aimed at causing "maximum damage". Gordon Brown said soldiers were discovering improvised explosive devices every two hours. Mr Brown stayed overnight in the Allied base in the southern city of Kandahar, the... telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406972/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:18:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406804/posts Has the Letter from Jesus about Christmas arrived in your email box yet? I’ve received it several times and I appreciate every person who sent it because I know they are trying to bless me. It’s filled with great ideas: We should smile at strangers, visit people in nursing homes, donate to the Salvation Army, and be kind to the clerks in stores that do not celebrate Christmas. Wonderful ideas. I applaud those suggestions. We should all follow them. If the letter’s intent is to infuse readers with the warmth of the season, I approve. The problem is, one concept... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406804/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:12:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403747/posts The FBI is searching for five "missing students" from the Washington, D.C., area who may have gone overseas, according to a source familiar with the situation. Families of the missing men "raised concerns" with the FBI, which has launched an investigation into the matter, the source said. The source said agents from the FBI's Washington field office have been interviewing family members, friends and others who may know where the five students went, and how they got there. "It's a concern," the source said of the missing men. It is believed the men are Muslim. Asked whether the men may... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403747/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:06:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402129/posts RICHMOND, Va.—Two Navy SEALs are scheduled to be arraigned Monday in military court on charges that they mistreated an Iraqi suspect in the gory slayings of four U.S. contractors in Fallujah. One of the SEALs is accused of punching the detainee after his September arrest, while the other is accused of lying to investigators. A third SEAL also accused of lying to investigators about the episode will be arraigned later. All three men have men have received an outpouring of support from people who view them as heroes. A Facebook page created to support the SEALs had more than 45,000... SJ Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402129/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:42:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401756/posts Why should any visitor to a Christian country be offended by Christian traditions and decorations? I’m not offended by the overt signs of other countries’ differing religions and traditions; in fact, I enjoy them. What is more, I know for sure that there are Christmas trees and decorations in Dubai, that go up as the Eid celebration finishes. One officious counter lady in our local PO tried to stop me using a proper (ie Religious) stamp on a card to Dubai 2 years ago. She was astonished when I told her that she would see Christmas decorations there... Copenhagen Post Online via Telegraph UK Blog via Commentopia Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401756/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 01:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396196/posts A song that pokes fun at the Politically Correctness in society and in our public schools You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396196/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:44:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394503/posts How do we get politically correct students and schools? We get them by churning out politically correct teachers from teacher colleges and teacher credentialing programs which filter the teaching of education through the lens of political correctness. In a press release in October of this year, U.S. Secretary of Education's Arne Duncan stated, “By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation’s 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st century classroom. America’s university-based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change--not evolutionary tinkering.” The press release... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394503/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:14:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394300/posts Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394300/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:55:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390024/posts Fat Studies On Display Bethany Stotts, November 19, 2009 Political correctness has run amok in the ivory tower. If some academics have their way, college students soon will be forced to vet themselves for not only subconscious racist, sexist and classist thoughts, but fatist ones as well. “In the tradition of critical race studies, queer studies, and women’s studies, fat studies is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship marked by an aggressive, consistent, rigorous critique of the negative assumptions, stereotypes, and stigmas placed on fat and the fat body,” write Sondra Solovay and Esther Rothblum in their most recent Chronicle Review... Accuracy in Academia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390024/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:55:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390023/posts Two viruses caused the murders, wounds, and suffering at Fort Hood. The first arises from the fact that although a capacity for evil is inherent in human nature, human beings have, as David Brooks recently observed, a “conscious say” regarding the commission of evil acts. Therefore, the actual cause of the Fort Hood attack is the conscious choice by terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan to commit an act of horrific evil. There is, however, a second virus that is a proximate cause of the murders, one that — irony of ironies that cry out to Heaven for redress — allowed a... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390023/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:55:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388266/posts Paul Schupska knows his history. Over the years, his vast collections of baseball, World War I and II and antique toys have been displayed at community public libraries throughout the area. Whether it is a vintage GI Joe or an authentic World War II map used by Allied forces in a European bunker, Schupska prides himself on the completeness of his displays, on telling as much of a complete history as possible. When he recently showcased his World War II collection at the Pasadena Public Library on Fairmont, the Nazi insignias were part of that story. He has shown several... Pasadena Citizen News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388266/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:25:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385732/posts It started out as a mild virus initiated by the left of center intellectuals of academia. But, like every virus from computer carried to influenza, it spread rapidly through schools, hospitals, civil service, the media, companies, governance and the armed forces. Political correctness has poisoned all of America. The famed author of children’s books, Anthony Browne has also written a telling examination of political correctness in The Retreat of Reason. Says Browne, “Political correctness is the ‘heresy of liberalism’ under which reliance on reason has been replaced on the emotional appeal of an argument. Adopting certain positions makes the politically... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385732/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:19:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385555/posts It is sad and disturbing commentary on the state of American culture when the facts surrounding an event, such as the slaughter that took place at Fort Hood, can not only be manipulated to facilitate a political ideology but blatantly ignored in the pursuit of a political agenda. In the face of the most potent enemy the United States and the free world has ever know – aggressive and violent radical Islam – our leaders and members of the mainstream media are doing just that; manipulating the truth to facilitate an agenda, and we are all in danger because of... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385555/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:28:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385367/posts In her first testimony before Congress back in March of this year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano laid the groundwork for the Obama administration's new "politically correct" Homeland Security doctrine. Without ever mentioning "terrorist" or "terrorism" during her testimony, Secretary Napolitano put forth the politically correct term for those two words: "man-caused disaster." Defining the term as "nuance" to the German news site Spiegel Online, Secretary Napolitano further stated, "...it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur." The "T"-word has been off limits... AMERICAN THINKER.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385367/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:01:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383647/posts By MIKE LEE mikelee@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH — The City Council voted 6-3 late Tuesday to expand its anti-discrimination ordinance to include transgender people, capping a marathon debate over a series of gay-rights proposals that were forwarded after a controversial inspection of a gay bar. A majority of council members spoke in favor of the proposal when it was introduced last week. The inspection at the Rainbow Lounge in June left a man injured and sparked protests in the city. Fort Worth officials appointed a task force to recommend ways to mend fences with the gay community shortly afterward. The vote... Fort Worth Star-Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383647/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:05:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382246/posts Limits To Diversity & Tolerance Malcolm A. Kline, November 9, 2009 When school district representatives told a Southern California teacher to remove the banners he had on display in his classroom, “diversity” and “tenure” were used to justify the order, according to Robert Muise, a lawyer for the Michigan-based Thomas More Law Center. “Mr. Johnson, if a Muslim student came in here, he wouldn’t be comfortable,” bureaucrats told the educator, Muise said at a Capitol Hill seminar on October 28, 2009.... AIA-FL Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382246/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:02:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382078/posts WASHINGTON — As Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan lay under heavy guard at Fort Sam Houston on Sunday, military prosecutors and the accused Fort Hood gunman's family were preparing for what could be a long and complicated legal proceeding. Military justice experts told the Houston Chronicle that Hasan, if he recovers, could face the death penalty in a military court-martial — unless civilian prosecutors conclude that he was part of a terrorist plot that would justify moving his case into federal criminal courts under U.S. anti-terrorism laws. But veterans of the military justice system say that any case against Hasan could... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382078/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:52:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381701/posts Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was declared "not a terrorist" before the facts were out - even before officials were sure whether the attacker was alive or dead. Failing to honestly name a terrorist attack despite the evidence is as destructive and dishonest as leaping to call an attack terrorism without the facts to support that. Apparently, the claim was based largely on the fact that Maj. Hasan appears to have been a lone gunman. However, terrorism is defined not by the number of people involved, but by the motivations and intentions of the attacker. If reports about him are true,... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381701/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:24:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379404/posts ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379404/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:18:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381590/posts On Thursday afternoon, a radicalized Muslim US Army officer shouting, "Allahu akbar!" ("God is great!") committed the worst act of terror on American soil since 9/11. And no one wants to call it an act of terror or associate it with Islam. What cowards we are. Political correctness killed those patriotic Americans at Fort Hood as surely as the Islamist gunman did. And the media treat it like a case of nondenominational shoplifting. This was a terrorist act. When an extremist plans and executes a murderous plot against our unarmed soldiers to protest our efforts to counter Islamist fanatics, it's... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381590/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:09:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374605/posts Halloween has its origins in superstition and sadly, it invokes old and new superstitions still. Halloween, from "All Hallows Eve," was the evening before the Catholic All Saints Day and was supposed to be haunted by demons jealous of the holy day to follow. It also had roots in prehistoric Celtic mythology. But in modern times it's developed into a fun day where children dress in ghoulish or cute costumes and canvass the neighborhood for candy while adults at masquerade parties imbibe more mature fare. Granted some juveniles get more into the tricks than the treats. And the occasional morbid-Goth... The Atlas Society - The Center for Objectivism http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374605/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:52:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371970/posts As the anticipation for Halloween builds, we as parents have to temper our joy in our children’s excitement with a healthy dose of caution. There are a litany of concerns that parents face regarding the Halloween season, not the least of which is helping your child choose just the right costume for the big night. We here at The Nose On Your Face offer a word of caution to parents. There are unscrupulous people out there who will attempt to sell your child an inappropriate Halloween costume. As a service to our readers, we have compiled a list of some... The Nose On Your Face http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371970/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:01:16 GMT