Apologies, apologies - both show the rot in our culture...and both involve Obama - Part 2 - Granite Grok

Apologies, apologies – both show the rot in our culture…and both involve Obama – Part 2

Well, my earlier post was about Obama’s apology – and I still believe it was unwarranted and unneeded.  But Obama bowed to the Political Correctness crowd – and having done so (er, again?), they will make him do so again.  You see, it is a never ending game of gotcha.  And really, when you get down to it?  It is summarized by this:

Political Correctness = Behaviorial & Thinking Bullies

Emphasis on Bullies (especially those that see themselves as being “anti-bully”). That’s right – the PC Police are nothing but Bullies themselves as they brook no breaking away from what THEY believe is the right way to think and the right way to behave.  And if the target of their bullying doesn’t back down and toe their line, they will HAMMER them mercilessly.

And in this context (of paying a complement for how someone look’s) is supposedly AWFUL because the PCers automatically believe you are ignoring that person’s professional accomplishments (or in the case of feminists, who believe that complementing a rocket scientist’s beef Stroganoff was the epitome of chauvinism).  And yes, that is a rot on the culture.   Political Correctness exists only because too many people refuse to stand up for themselves and tell Bullies to shut up; it is not my job, nor good manners, to always make sure that you never feel offended.  In fact, that is another rot – how is it that “never give offense” rose to be a higher priority than “speaking one’s mind”?   And how did we get to the point, culturally, when we allow only certain people with a certain outlook control a conversation?

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