Friday, November 18, 2016
Political Correctness
There have been a lot of things that have come from this crazy election. One of them is the recognition that political correctness has come to dominate our culture. By recognition I really mean that those who were supporting Trump now are starting to feel free to express things that they wouldn't have in a million years before Trump's win. I'm not any different than many who are frustrated by this phenomenon. I don't view myself as racist, homophobic, zenophobic, mysoginistic or any of the myriad other epithets that have been hurled at Trump supporters. And I am sick of the industry that has grown up around defining all the wrong things people say, placing those people into the "basket of deplorables" and then stereotyping them as a certain type. So in addition to all the other things that a Trump Presidency would bring, maybe we could regain a bit of a sense of humor. Maybe we could lighten up a bit. I'm sure many won't, but I like the idea. So I've seen a few things that strike me as funny. Not politically correct, but funny. So here goes...
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