tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4102184107994588965..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Mizzou Pays the Price for Political CorrectnessStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21858611737721016082016-05-05T17:01:03.013-07:002016-05-05T17:01:03.013-07:00One thing I did not see cut were administrative po...One thing I did not see cut were administrative positions. Most noticeably, the Diversity Chief.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-83753291864003901422016-05-05T11:22:38.181-07:002016-05-05T11:22:38.181-07:00One thing worth consideration is this: What is pol...One thing worth consideration is this: What is political correctness?<br /><br />If you look at the word pair itself, it's "political," which is all about power, and "correctness," which is all about being right. Yet the Left tells us that those in power are bad, and that there is no right-wrong... everything is relative. So when the Left wields this kind of authority on college campuses, all I can think of is that those in power believe all this ludicrous mayhem and disruption are right. Because if it were wrong, they would use their power to forbid it. Kind of like when conservative voices are invited to campus and then their invitations are rescinded because conservative people don't think correctly. Ostensibly, this is how PC colleges believe power should be used: to stifle or disrupt topics or conversations that are wrong.<br /><br />This extends into a lot of other areas of life as well...<br /><br />I saw a story that California is putting marijuana legalization on the ballot. It's interesting... is smoking pot politically correct? So the powerful say that recreational or medicinal use of marijuana is right? And because they are in power, they get to say what the law is. The law isn't what the law is, it's whatever those in power choose to pursue and prosecute. So the powerful are effectively endorsing the use of marijuana. And federalism doesn't apply here, because federal law is clear that marijuana is an illegal drug. So they say they can defy federal law, and lots of state voters and politicians will agree with them. <br /><br />How interesting.<br /><br />So how do you think it would go if gun rights were restricted or curtailed... or even confiscated? What if federal law said you couldn't own a firearm for your own self-defense? And then let's say that Montana had a ballot issue that passed, allowing law-abiding citizens to own and possess a firearm. Does anyone think for a moment the federal authorities would stand by and allow this?<br /><br />Despite protestations, there is no "open-mindedness" by those on the Left. It's all about power. It isn't about creating a more sensible, just, safe society. It's about whatever they think is right. It's not relative. And it's not noble. They're no different than the rest of us. And it is time we started speaking up and talk back to power about what we think is right.<br /><br />This comment may strike you as all being a bit simple, but I'm finding simple is powerful. When you ask that people define their terms, you find they've never really thought this stuff through. So I offer it for your consideration... Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3217037854594777122016-05-05T09:54:33.690-07:002016-05-05T09:54:33.690-07:00No justice, no peace. Or enrollment. Or donation...No justice, no peace. Or enrollment. Or donations.<br /><br />Sounds like justice to me.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.com