Politically Correctness

I know the words I used in the title are not correct, but it's my blog and there is nothing you can do about it except complain or go elsewhere.

I hate political correctness. It's really very simple, live and let live, let bygones be bygones. Whatever you want to call it, I just do not like it when people start spouting the political correctness card when a matter of race, religion or any of the other gazillion things come up and people get their dander up.

If some comedian flew off the handle and made some stupid comment, then apologized afterwards fine. He should be sorry for saying something that hurt someone else. But it should end there. Get over it.

He should not have to talk to the "leaders" of that political movement to try and patch relations and smooth feathers. He can move on with life and it will soon be forgotten.

When people of one race, nationality or ethnic background keep bringing it up, they are using there grouping against their own cause. Why do people have to keep bringing the stuff back up and rubbing salt in the wound. Rubbing nothing, some are grabbing the bag and pouring it on.

If you want to make a statement the fewer words you say the more it will be remembered. A speech is remembered not for its words but for its content. Do you remember the last sermon that a pastor gave, probably not. But if he got up there and said, don't be bad. I bet you'd remember that one. Same thing here.

The people that use race or whatever and keep saying others are putting them down, that may be true, but how much. How many people go out of their way to use race against others. Some would say it happens everyday and in every situation, they are probably right to some extent.

I heard something the other day and I do have to agree, everybody is prejudiced to some degree. Like it or not we all are. Not to the same degree and with a majority of people it is not something that affects anybody in any way but we all are to some extent.

Now some people also use this prejudice for their own ends and to further the cause they see as right. When someone tells us that people are doing so many things because of racism it gets to be a bit ridiculous. Racism was not so much a factor in so many things as some would like you to believe.

I am also getting tired of those that are continuing to cry for help after they have long since shown that they do not deserve it. I know there are people who need help and who deserve it. I am not going to say who does and who does not deserve help. I have lived all my life helping others more than many people. I give when I can, help out when I can and don't ask for anything in return. I just cannot sit back and watch as so many people use the system and our generosity to their advatage without at least saying something.

Take Katrina; racism was not the factor some would have you believe it was. I am sure at some time people got more help because they were in the better neighborhoods or lived near the rich end of town, but everyone got help.

It is now time to say Katrina is over, we need to move on. We are going to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start over.

I cannot stand the ones who are still whining that they did not get the help that they should and they need more. The storm is long over, the seas are calm and skies are clear. It is now time to get a job, work hard and make something of yourself.

For those that are still complaining that they did not get help for the storm and aftermath, you need to stop holding out that hand and use that hand to do something. Swing a hammer, put groceries into a bag or shake hands at the store doors. But do something instead of holding that hand out for more.