| "Come, Ferrous!" "Here, Ferrous!" "Sit, | | | | submitted, but that's not the point. Once a |
| Ferrous!" | | | | decision was made the managers should have |
| | | | stuck to their decision and not allowed a |
| Does that sound ridiculous? Not if you are in | | | | small group of people, no matter who they |
| control of our Politically Correct (PC) | | | | are, to dictate what the team should do. |
| culture. This is a dangerous ideology of | | | | |
| oxymoronism that seems to have infected the | | | | And what about toothless K-9 dogs for police |
| entire world. And that is exactly the purpose | | | | to use when restraining criminals? It seems |
| of the Frankfurt School. If we allow them to | | | | that some police departments in Wales are so |
| make our every thought seem inferior to some | | | | fearful of being sued by criminals they have |
| overarching idealism of a few people we will | | | | decided to muzzle all their police dogs. The |
| quickly become somebody's slaves. | | | | dogs are being retrained to head-butt the |
| | | | suspect amidships and thus overcome them. If |
| The Frankfurt School? What do they have to do | | | | the criminal has a gun, will that hurt enough |
| with PC? Well, this Marxist "think tank" was | | | | to disable the crook? This may be the worst |
| established in Germany in 1923. By the time | | | | case of PC I've seen because it endangers |
| they moved to the USA in 1933 PC was firmly | | | | police officers as well as the general public |
| established as "cultural Marxism." For years | | | | they are supposed to protect. |
| most laughed at the idea, but it began to | | | | |
| take hold in the 1960's driven by the media. | | | | Every citizen in the Western World should pay |
| Today it is a factor to be reckoned with. | | | | attention to PC thinking and do what they can |
| What this culture does is remove the power of | | | | to bury it. What to do? Mount your own |
| thought and resulting expression from control | | | | protest to counter whatever whining caused a |
| by each individual. Control is passed to the | | | | PC decision. Most of us think PC is just a |
| PC Marxist culture we're entering and our | | | | laughable ridiculous situation. But you have |
| individual freedom is being destroyed. It's | | | | a right to live in a culture which allows |
| not bad enough that Seventh Century minds | | | | your God-given individual action. Learn all |
| scattered throughout the Middle East but | | | | you can about Political Correctness and |
| centered on the lawless border between | | | | encourage your friends to learn and take |
| Afghanistan and Pakistan have removed many of | | | | action whenever this threat to our freedom |
| our taken-for-granted freedoms; now we have | | | | arises. If we take no action we will all |
| the closer looming threat of PC. | | | | become slaves to the state. Government will |
| | | | be telling us how to act, how to think, and |
| Here we are in the joyous (supposed to be) | | | | what we can say. |
| Christmas season and our own Surgeon General | | | | |
| comes up with the idea Santa Claus should not | | | | Here are some books that will inform you |
| be the chubby, lovable little fellow we all | | | | about how dangerous Political Correctness |
| knew as children. And what about the movement | | | | really is. Read them all: |
| that started in Australia forbidding Santa to | | | | |
| say the familiar "Ho, Ho, Ho!" And every | | | | The Kinder, Gentler Military: How Political |
| minority group including atheists, Jews, | | | | Correctness Affects Our Ability to Win Wars |
| fundamentalist Christians, women (who want to | | | | (Paperback) by Stephanie Gutmann. |
| be Santa), Muslims, and any other individual | | | | |
| or group wants to jump on the hit list | | | | Say It Like It Is: Entitlement, political |
| against Christmas. Now we aren't supposed to | | | | correctness and the demise of common sense |
| say "Merry Christmas"; we must replace it | | | | (Paperback)by Dave Sampson. |
| with something like "Happy Holidays." A | | | | |
| friend suggested this greeting to include | | | | Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals |
| Hanukah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas as "Merry | | | | How Political Correctness in Her Profession |
| Hanakwannamas." Does that qualify as PC? | | | | Endangers Every Student (Hardcover) by MD |
| | | | Anonymous. |
| Now to "Come Ferrous" in the opening | | | | |
| sentence. That refers to the recent plight of | | | | Coloring the News: How Political Correctness |
| the hog mascot of Allentown, PA's new | | | | Has Corrupted American Journalism |
| baseball team. One of the most popular names | | | | (Paperback)by William McGowan |
| in a contest was Pork Chop; the team's | | | | |
| management liked it and announced the name. | | | | See the resource block below for where to get |
| Guess what? Several people remembered this | | | | these books. |
| was a long ago slap at Puerto Rican workers | | | | |
| and said they were offended. Management did | | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| what all those intimidated by any PC whim do | | | | |
| and immediately changed the name to Ferrous. | | | | © Yank Elliott. All rights reserved |
| Actually, Ferrous was the most popular name | | | | worldwide. |