Show I Respect has to be earned I Darren Knott Columnist N the IN spirit of r political correctness where it is a amoral amoral amoral moral sin to hurt anyone's feeling or gasp be insensitive insensitive Insensitive insen Insen- why is it okay to bash anybody or anything Christian European or straight male The Political Correctness movement PC for short is slowly creeping creeping creeping creep creep- ing into the mainstream of society What began as a atypical atypical atypical typical liberal exercise has turned into a witch hunt for the dangerous even elusive straight white male What the liberal left wants is a hypocritical censorship censorship censorship cen cen- of any opinion that doesn't fit their ultra tive world The right to free speech has been given givena a new interpretation Youcan You Youcan Youcan can say anything you want to as long as it doesn't offend offen of- of fen fend d a any n y m minority i nor i Y groups not groups not all minority groups mind you just the ones with the political power to muzzle You can shout insults about Christians from the rooftops if you want to That's okay But watch out if you say something offensive offensive offensive offen offen- sive about gays women or most minorities On many cam campuses this offense will vill result in expulsion if the offending student doesn't repent immediately and profusely Why is it if a community community com com- unity tries to ban gay porno photo exhibits such as Robert the liberals come scream- scream ing to the defense of the right to free speech Yet if someone states an opinion j i that isn't PC that person is booted out of school It seems a little bit hypocritical cal to me One of the central themes for gay activism is for straight people to show tolerance for gay beliefs Isn't forcing a student who might make an gay anti-gay remark out of school showing showing show show- showing ing an incredible lack of tolerance I am sitting back in anticipation anticipation anticipation an an- of the nasty letters letters let let- letters I will receive for having the nerve to say something insensitive about the sacred groups under the PC umbrella For the record I am not nota a racist or a homophobe I couldn't care less whether a person is gay or not But if we are ever going to reach our goal of a colorblind colorblind colorblind color color- blind society or a society that doesn't discriminate beca because use of a persons person's beliefs religious religious' or otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise we are going to have to stop these mindless PC attitudes The only thing it accomplishes accomplishes accomplishes' accomplishes accomplishes' ac ac- is to make everybody hate each other and polarize our culture worse than it already is As long as laws are made that thata a attempt pt to force us to think in a certain way these problems will con con- I believe the only way to solve this problem is to earn the respect of others and to remember you cant can't force respect It has to be earned |