PC. A very simple term. Political Correctness is a concept designed to provide a safe, unoffensive environment to others. And, quite simply it is destroying our country. It falls along the lines of immunities to diseases. You have to be exposed to something, before you gain the capability to become immune to it. And, partially, this is what political correctness does. But, there is something about political correctness that is worse. Because, while with an illness, you lose the immunity to just that specific disease. With PC, you not only cannot handle certain terms, phrases, whatever, but you come to expect that others will help propagate it. In layman's terms, you come to expect that no one will ever offend you, and they're the one who is wrong, just for offending you. That's a fucking problem. Yes, I understand that it is polite to try to avoid subjects that may or may not upset someone. But when the ones offended expect us to change, just to fit them? That just doesn't work. It saddens me to live in a world where the KKK and Nazi marches are constitutionally protected, but some groups want to "balance things" by putting creationism in school, or remove the pledge of allegiance from schools.
And the pledge of allegiance? (Don't mind my lack of sticking to a thought, I wander) People get so upset about "under god" thing. Even if you don't believe in god, just the phrase itself is a powerful symbol. Just don't make the pledge mandatory. And maybe explain it to kids, just say, "yes, you might not believe, but millions have died, killed, and started wars over god. Accept it at least as a symbol of your loyalty." That's what the damn pledge is supposed to mean. Who gives a fuck if you believe in god, you live in America, so you do like it, right? Ah... I digress..
Once again, I leave you with a thought provoking idea. Someone makes a joke, and it crosses the line of what you consider, "ok", and you're offended. You confront the person who made the joke, and explain that it was all intended in good fun, they don't believe what they said, and did not intend to upset you. Now, are you still offended by them? And, if so, how? How can you be offended by something that was not intended as such. Can you not be offended by something, unless it was offensive?
Friday, February 27, 2009
I'm a Classical Liberal
What's a classical liberal, might you ask?
Well, let's look at the Neo-Liberals of today. Most of them are strongly against gun ownership, many of them refuse to accept the idea of any human being dying of anything other than old age. They want everyone to live, and are willing to do anything to maintain that. These days, I consider my political options "Living with Christ, or Living Forever".
A Classical Liberal, on the other hand, like myself, is someone who just prefers to be left alone. I just want the freedom to do with myself what I will. If I kill someone, fine, throw me in jail. But if I want to go buy a gun that can fire 300 rounds a minute, I haven't done anything yet, leave me alone. Innocent until proven guilty, right?
And that's what Liberals forget. They are so concerned with making sure everyone in the world has their particular dreamworld fantasy life, that they forget that some people actually don't want that particular dreamworld fantasy. They want to do other things. But liberals think they are right, so they soldier on. Evolution needs to go away, save everyone. Animals are people too. Guns kill, not people. So on, and so on.
America's two party system is broken. On the left we have these idiots over here, and on the right, people who don't believe in evolution, and think Christ is the only option. Granted, yes, I'm pigeon holing. But that's just the problem. MOST people aren't like that. But were supposed to choose someone to represent us from these extremes, when none of them are good representatives of what 95% of us believe any more. 300 million morons, and we chose the stupidest of the bunch to stand up and take charge. I don't know how things got this way, but the fact is, it needs to change.
Yes, I, at first, jumped on the Obama change train. But now, it's plain to see, he's just another neo-liberal. Sure, he wasn't a conservative, which we were all tired of, but he's not much better, either. Just one extreme to another.
But, who knows. Maybe weed will save society. I hope I just get my World War 3, first.
Well, let's look at the Neo-Liberals of today. Most of them are strongly against gun ownership, many of them refuse to accept the idea of any human being dying of anything other than old age. They want everyone to live, and are willing to do anything to maintain that. These days, I consider my political options "Living with Christ, or Living Forever".
A Classical Liberal, on the other hand, like myself, is someone who just prefers to be left alone. I just want the freedom to do with myself what I will. If I kill someone, fine, throw me in jail. But if I want to go buy a gun that can fire 300 rounds a minute, I haven't done anything yet, leave me alone. Innocent until proven guilty, right?
And that's what Liberals forget. They are so concerned with making sure everyone in the world has their particular dreamworld fantasy life, that they forget that some people actually don't want that particular dreamworld fantasy. They want to do other things. But liberals think they are right, so they soldier on. Evolution needs to go away, save everyone. Animals are people too. Guns kill, not people. So on, and so on.
America's two party system is broken. On the left we have these idiots over here, and on the right, people who don't believe in evolution, and think Christ is the only option. Granted, yes, I'm pigeon holing. But that's just the problem. MOST people aren't like that. But were supposed to choose someone to represent us from these extremes, when none of them are good representatives of what 95% of us believe any more. 300 million morons, and we chose the stupidest of the bunch to stand up and take charge. I don't know how things got this way, but the fact is, it needs to change.
Yes, I, at first, jumped on the Obama change train. But now, it's plain to see, he's just another neo-liberal. Sure, he wasn't a conservative, which we were all tired of, but he's not much better, either. Just one extreme to another.
But, who knows. Maybe weed will save society. I hope I just get my World War 3, first.
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