Masters of Suppresion
We are barraged with footnotes every time race, religion or gender is mentioned in connection with some outrageous behavior or event. A prime example came from the lips of President Bush after 9/11. He thought it necessary to remind the US citizens, and our “friends” in the Middle East, that not all Muslims are terrorists.
Whether the subject is illegal immigration, Muslim cab drivers, the Duke Lacrosse Team, crime, education, Michael Vick, welfare, Senator Craig or terrorism, we are besieged with defensive, now rote, notices that clarify the speaker or writer is not a bigot.
By inference, these clarifications of intent suggest Americans are prone to making decisions based on their inherent bigotry. Although rarely voiced, the vast majority of Americans are tired of living in this asterisk laden society. We are not bigots; we are realists. We have eyes that see, ears that hear and minds that can discern.
How did everyday Americans become so defensive? How did common sense become suspect?
The doublespeak fostered by political correctness is partially responsible. The fear of litigation and bad publicity is another. The advent of organizations dedicated to scanning the horizon for the slightest insult to their constituencies is still another. And don’t forget the pack of national attack dogs waiting to condemn the slightest perception of racial injustice.
But the leftwing, the voice that dominates our media, is the driving force. It created and nurtures this environment to silence its critics. This engine of intimidation is a masterpiece of suppression.
There are boundless examples of this politically driven strategy in our news.
The leftwing brands anyone opposed to illegal immigration as anti-Latino and anti-poor; English only adherents are condemned as intolerant; those who question the root cause of global warming are defiled as devious capitalists; those who debunk affirmative action and diversity are anti-black, and those who object to the removal of religious symbols from the public square are labeled religious fanatics.
The list could fill pages, but you get the point. The other side of this sword of suppression is equally insidious—the leftwing media’s subjective conscience. It eagerly condones and encourages slander against capitalism, traditional Christian values, white men, patriotism, the American flag, the military, motherhood and personal responsibility.
It has a neat little catchall to defend these attacks against the values of Middle America—freedom of speech. They would have us believe they are merely providing a public forum for political and artistic expression. And that they feel obligated to feature the venom spewing from the Christian and America haters circulating in the ultra-leftwing.
Of course, they reserve freedom of speech for themselves. Those who oppose their wanton vulgarity and secular agenda are drowned out with shrill obscenities, distortions and lies.
And these are the ardent supporters of Senators Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. Birds of a feather . . . .
Whether the subject is illegal immigration, Muslim cab drivers, the Duke Lacrosse Team, crime, education, Michael Vick, welfare, Senator Craig or terrorism, we are besieged with defensive, now rote, notices that clarify the speaker or writer is not a bigot.
By inference, these clarifications of intent suggest Americans are prone to making decisions based on their inherent bigotry. Although rarely voiced, the vast majority of Americans are tired of living in this asterisk laden society. We are not bigots; we are realists. We have eyes that see, ears that hear and minds that can discern.
How did everyday Americans become so defensive? How did common sense become suspect?
The doublespeak fostered by political correctness is partially responsible. The fear of litigation and bad publicity is another. The advent of organizations dedicated to scanning the horizon for the slightest insult to their constituencies is still another. And don’t forget the pack of national attack dogs waiting to condemn the slightest perception of racial injustice.
But the leftwing, the voice that dominates our media, is the driving force. It created and nurtures this environment to silence its critics. This engine of intimidation is a masterpiece of suppression.
There are boundless examples of this politically driven strategy in our news.
The leftwing brands anyone opposed to illegal immigration as anti-Latino and anti-poor; English only adherents are condemned as intolerant; those who question the root cause of global warming are defiled as devious capitalists; those who debunk affirmative action and diversity are anti-black, and those who object to the removal of religious symbols from the public square are labeled religious fanatics.
The list could fill pages, but you get the point. The other side of this sword of suppression is equally insidious—the leftwing media’s subjective conscience. It eagerly condones and encourages slander against capitalism, traditional Christian values, white men, patriotism, the American flag, the military, motherhood and personal responsibility.
It has a neat little catchall to defend these attacks against the values of Middle America—freedom of speech. They would have us believe they are merely providing a public forum for political and artistic expression. And that they feel obligated to feature the venom spewing from the Christian and America haters circulating in the ultra-leftwing.
Of course, they reserve freedom of speech for themselves. Those who oppose their wanton vulgarity and secular agenda are drowned out with shrill obscenities, distortions and lies.
And these are the ardent supporters of Senators Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. Birds of a feather . . . .
Labels: bigoty, freedom of speech, media
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