Senseless Sensitivity

Political correctness rears it’s ugly once head again.  In the name of sensitivity, the Obama administration is looking at “softening” some of the language in the US national security strategy document with regards to Islam. For instance, we can no longer say “Islamic extremism”, “radical Islam” or “jihad”. I guess the thought is: Terrorists have feelings too??

(For added enhancement, queue up Barry Manilow’s “Feelings” and play it softly in the background as you read the rest of this….)

Unless I’m missing something here, it wasn’t a bunch of disgruntled Amish who flew planes into the Twin Towers. And it’s not the Girl Scouts of America strapping bombs on their backs and boarding buses around the world. And it’s certainly not Paul Bunyan who’s cutting the heads off of American journalists and contractors!!

So, who’s doing it then? Dare I say it? Why it’s none other than those darned radical Islamic extremists! And they’re taking part in a jihad near you! If I’m not being sensitive enough to a bunch of tenth-century cave-dwelling terrorists who hate everything about America….. Too bad!!

This might come as a shock, but I couldn’t care less about a terrorist feelings. If we’re so worried about hurting the feelings of the very people who want to blow us up, at what point will it end? Maybe we can expect to see the following changes in criminal terminology before too long:

• Murderers will now be known as spiritual travel agents, expediting your journey to the afterlife. (Murderer or killer just has such a negative tone to it.)
• Thieves will now be referred to as permanent borrowers.
• Maybe we should call trespassers explorers instead.
• Carjackers? Give them a break. Maybe they’re just aspiring valets?
• Let’s call drug dealers unlicensed pharmacists.
• Bank robbers will be known as investment liquidators.
• Kidnappers should be called over-aggressive babysitters.

Ok, maybe I’m being a little facetious. But I don’t think political correctness does any of us any good. At the very least, it undermines our basic freedom of speech. I find it ironic that liberals are always waving the First Amendment flag in our faces, but they’re the same one’s always pressuring us to be more “sensitive”.  Why can’t we just call it the way we see it?

(By the way, isn’t France a sensitive nation? Take a look at their history and let me know how you think it worked out for them!)

Additionally, I think political correctness makes us much more vulnerable regarding national security. After all, “profiling” is a dirty word in our PC society. This is precisely why we’re seeing 80 year old women being manhandled in our airport security lines. Our enemies must be shaking their turban covered heads and laughing hysterically….

(All right, will someone please turn off that damned Barry Manilow song now!!)

KW