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The Sissy Movement: Political Correctness
Friday, June 29, 2007
I am politically incorrect. I rue the day when the notion of political correctness first appeared on the political radar.
Actually, now that I think of it, I may actually have been there that day. It was one of the highlights of my youth. It came on a day when a teacher of mine, in the most patient way possible, explained to a classmate of mine - we'll call her "Little Miss Manners" - that "tattling is something weak people do to get attention."
Not that I was a trouble-maker, of course.
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All I had done to provoke her running to the teacher was to jay-walk across the street to get to school on time - I didn't want to be late when the bell went off and the opening exercises started. So I did what any kid in my position would have done. I jay-walked across the street to get into the front door, rather than walking a block down to the lights at the corner, crossing at the designated crosswalk, and then heading back to the school grounds.
It was, admittedly, a clear violation of school rules. And she saw me. And she thought she had me.
But my gratification came when she was quite soundly rebuffed by the teacher. You see, in my teacher's world, my "infraction" didn't merit stern discipline. There was a reasonable explanation for my actions although the teacher did tell me that I should leave for school a little earlier the next morning. But the fact was she understood my position. And my "infraction" just didn't rise to the level of scandal that Little Miss Manners had envisioned.
And here's the key to all of this. With no audience, Miss Manners had nothing on me. And she and her cause were totally deflated. To her, I had broken the school rules; I had to be called on it; the teacher had to be called in, and I had to be punished. But she had no audience. My teacher didn't bite. The only comeback line she could muster was, "The nerve of that teacher!"
So what's the point of this schoolboy story?
My little run-in with Little Miss Manners serves to illustrate a fundamental characteristic of the movement for political correctness; the PC movement. PCer's are today's political and sociological incarnation of the bothersome Little Miss Manners - only worse - much worse.
Today's adult versions of Miss Manners are not only looking for infractions, but, unlike my school nemesis, they have an audience, which gives them leverage and the ability to instill fear into the hearts and minds of normal, decent people.
Take, for example, the debate on immigration policy, whether in Canada or the States. Any hint in that discussion that our countries might be served better if we return to their historic immigration patterns, favoring people of like heritage to the majority of those already here, is instantly labeled as "racist."
Or try to have a rational discussion today on the unfairness of making me or my children pay for something our great-grandparents did in the context of the North American aboriginal question, and again, you're being a racist.
Question the science of global warming, even if you have some pretty compelling evidence, and you're a "climate change denier" - a phrase that puts you on par with Holocaust deniers.
And don't even think to question the politically-correct mantra that two people of the same sex can effectively parent children. Even though there's mounting empirical evidence for the notion that same-sex couples actually make lousy - and even potentially destructive - parents in terms of the long-term well-being of the children involved, even breathing that idea in Canada today can potentially get you thrown in jail.
And in the American context, why is it OK for caterwaulers and poverty-pimps like Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson to call white people any name they want, while insisting that black rap artists are the only ones who can use that objectionable N-word, call their women 'hoes', and promote all kind of misogynistic behavior as though that's part of their culture?
What's the point of all these examples? They demonstrate that today's "Little Miss Manners" - the PC crowd - has an audience in many areas that turns their tattling into a tool of intimidation against their enemies - decent, ordinary Canadians.
Truth be told, the PC crowd goes a step further than Little Miss Manners. At least she had me dead to my rights. Technically, she was right. I had broken a rule. But PCer's go a lot further than that. These people never let the facts get in the way of their cause. They are really a bunch of bullies who insist on being heard, while loudly shutting down any discourse on the other side by basically plugging their ears and urging the rest of society to do the same.
PCer's are, at heart, a bunch of sissies who can't wait to tattle on the perceived bad people in the society. And the sooner we realize that we are only dealing with sissies who have become bullies the better off we'll be. And there is only one way to deal with these sissies-turned-bullies.
Like all bullies you can't let them push you around. You can't let them define what is and isn't reasonable and acceptable social discourse. And you certainly can't let them set the ground-rules in a debate or discussion by letting them define truth.
Because if you do that, you'll lose before you even start because unfortunately for us, there are too few leaders, like my teacher, who are willing to tell them, "PC is something weak people do to get attention."
| Yours for our culture, |
Tristan Emmanuel |
| ECP Centre President |
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