"Many of us can only barely recall when politically correct thinking did not infect every part of entertainment, education, and amusement."
That's a scary thought. And true.
Posted on 04/16/2009 2:37:13 AM PDT by Scanian
There was a time when the Left reflexively sided with criminal defendants. Rapists like Huey Newton, terrorists like the Weathermen, and bank robbers like Angela Davis were "political prisoners." The System was used to crush dissent. The Left deemed police and prosecutors as the enemy. The rest of us saw prosecutors as our allies.
The lust for power which is Leftism, however, has no fixed principles. It is a relentless insinuation into every aspect of life, a constant perversion of every institution of society, a toxin which keeps poisoning public life. Whole institutions have been swallowed in the maw of Leftism. The American Bar Association, for example, was once an honorable organization which eschewed political positions. More and more today the ABA resembles a sock puppet of Leftism. The League of Women Voters has become simply another nodding head in the gaggle of Leftist organizations. The very few groups which have held their ground, like the Boy Scouts, are selected for special treatment by the ACLU and other priests of orthodoxy.
When everything is political (and to the Left everything is political), then there are no neutral territories that are viewed as simply part of civil life. Sports commentary today is spiced with political correctness. Fashion magazines require obligatory fawning spreads on Michelle Obama, while giving short shrift to more glamorous Republican women like Sarah Palin. We simply accept the double standard of public life. Many of us can only barely recall when politically correct thinking did not infect every part of entertainment, education, and amusement.
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"Many of us can only barely recall when politically correct thinking did not infect every part of entertainment, education, and amusement."
That's a scary thought. And true.
Like Rush is saying right now. This administration is abusive and is targeting the individual with a vengeance!
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