Politically Incorrect

I really hate redundancy but something happened this week that has compelled me to write about ‘political correctness.’ Allow me to tell the story.

My boss is a great guy…one of those guys that you just can’t help but like. One of the things he likes to do is give away prizes during meetings. In this meeting we got a movie. He asks that everyone write down their name, favorite color, favorite movie, favorite book and the name of their most memorable pet. When he draws a name, he will read the attributes of the person without reading their name thus giving everyone a chance to guess who it might be.

This past week he drew my name. Now, I’m not one to watch a lot of movies but I’ve read a lot of books. Both extremes make it difficult to come up with a ‘favorite’ in either category. However, this past week I thought first about “The Patriot” as my favorite movie and “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam” as my favorite book. (I don’t do much pleasure reading.)

So, the drum roll began….”This person’s favorite color is red, his favorite movie is The Patriot and his favorite book is The Politically Incorrect Guide to……..uh……ok, here’s your movie Charles.”

You could have knocked me over with a feather. The idea that we are so afraid that we can’t even say the word ‘Islam’ is simply astounding. Did my boss think he would get in trouble for simply reading what I wrote? How did we get to this point?

There is an old saying, “The hypocritical are usually hypercritical.” This applies to people that are guilty. The easiest example that I can come up with is a person who goes to church every Sunday but still engages in something that is clearly against the teachings of mainstream Christianity. We typically see the hypercritical side of this person when they ‘roast’ the pastor or deacons. So the person that is doing something wrong tries to point a finger of condemnation at someone else. Usually that someone else will not be living a hypocritical life.

Let’s now apply this to Islam. Certainly, Muslims are hypercritical of anything that is said about Islam. For instance, if you state a truth such as the Quran says to, “slay the idolaters wherever ye find them” (9:5) then Muslims get offended. Or at least they pretend to be offended, all for the purpose of showing your callousness and insensitivity. That’s the hypercritical part and the person who is on the outside looking in suddenly sees you as being intolerant.

In order to save our nation from Islamic infiltration we must be able to speak freely and without political correctness. I am not the first to say, that while political correctness did not cause the attack at Ft. Hood, political correctness did prohibit anyone from speaking freely about it (which may have prevented it), other than of course, Hasan himself.

It seems there are only two options. On the one hand, you can speak the truth without hesitation and be labeled as intolerant. On the other hand, you can speak with half truths and euphemisms, in other words you can be politically correct, and continue to propagate the problem. If you speak the truth about Islam you run the risk of being an outcast and not being taken seriously. If you don’t speak the truth about Islam then you are doing nothing to preserve the American way of life.

So, what do we do? I say, continue to learn and speak the truth. Period. Our nation is under attack and if we continue to allow Islam to infiltrate us, we will lose our freedoms in our old age and our children will lose their freedoms in what should be the prime of their lives. Our grandchildren will never know freedom. So speak the truth in boldness. Our survival depends on our combined efforts. Let’s continue to speak up with a united, conservative, American voice.