Politically incorrect:
We’ve
taken political correctness about as far as we can take it. I think it’s time
we rethink it. My first encounter with political correctness was in the second
grade. I had just called Tommy a dummy for eating my yellow Crayola. The
teacher, Mrs. Webster, told me that if I called someone a dummy and they had a brother or
sister who couldn’t talk, then they might be hurt. I had no idea what she was
talking about, but I didn’t want to hurt anyone, unless of course they deserved
it. There must have been thousands of teachers giving that same speech all over
the country because we’ve become a nation afraid to call a flake a flake and a
dummy a dummy. I just came from Wal-Mart, where in encountered idiots going up
one isle, morons going down another isle, lunatics running across traffic, and
crazy people working at the cash registers. There… don’t I feel better? Take that
Mrs. Webster.
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