Most people are under the impression that political correctness (pc) is in place to help prevent offending others. After some research and thinking about it for a while, I do not believe that is the purpose. People get offended anyway, they seem to look for an excuse to point the finger at someone and claim they are offensive. Everyone is quick to take offense of just about anything. We seem over sensitive. So you have to wonder why pc became such an accepted part of our lives. Doesn't it seem silly that we are not allowed to say Merry Christmas any more, and it was replaced with Happy Holidays? Both are simple holiday greetings and should not offend anyone. Even if you do not celebrate Christmas what harm has someone done to you when they say Merry Christmas to you?
Myself I believe Christmas is just another excuse for us to consume so that the rich keep getting richer. Like a lot of holidays. Valentines day. Shouldn't you celebrate your love for each other everyday? People, well mostly ladies become very upset if their man doesn't get them all the goodies for Valentines day. They say, oh, I guess he really doesn't love me, and other absurd remarks. Well if he didn't love you why would he put up with your gold digging ass? Because people that demand gifts just because of a holiday do not know what love is really about. Love is not flowers and candy, love is about sharing a moment together forever. Don't get me wrong, it's ok to buy some flowers to show your love, but it should be because you want to not because it is a holiday like Valentines day.
But pc does not seem to have the same agenda involving consumerism. So lets think about it. What's the bottom line on pc, and what it accomplishes? The only thing I see is, it prevents people from speaking their true thoughts. In other words, it prevents truth from rising up and being known. Well think about it. If we are afraid to say things that may offend someone, we will be reluctant to say how we really feel when we elect our officials to represent us. If we can't say what we want, then we say something that is less than true, which is a lie. And lies take on a life of their own from the moment they are spoken.
This world we live in has all the beauty of paradise. Yet we have allowed it to be pulled over our eyes. Look over here I have shiny keys, no look here I have a diamond for you to look at, see that sparkle? We have traded our soul for material goods, and these things are sold to us through advertising agencies that know how to use our desires against us. Why to you think the biggest advertisements during the super bowl cost so much money? That's a lot of money to spend on a 30 second ad. They would not do that if it were not cost efficient. A pretty girl, a can of beer, a bag of chips, we are not even talking about something that cost a lot of money. How many bags of chips do you have to sell to get back a half million dollar ad? And that's just playing it once. Most of the companies that buy 30 second slots during the super bowl buy multiple slots, because after all, repetition is the greatest way to get through the message you want to deliver.
These are just a few of the things that is going on around us that seem to be one thing when actually they are carefully planned and inserted into our culture to be accepted by all in the art of leading the world astray.
The world offers us everything, and all we have to do is give it our eternal soul which keeps us here forever.
It's the lack of knowledge that will be the downfall of humans. And I'm not talking about canned knowledge that earns a degree and fetches you a large chunk of the pie. The knowledge of truth cannot be purchased, it must be pursued constantly. It's not easy, because everywhere you search has so many blind alleys that it can become overwhelming. But most of you need not worry, your higher education has trained you well and you accept things on the surface as if true automatically without realizing it. And people like me, well, I'm just some uneducated failure from some mountain where they date cousins and chew tobacky all day. I have no idear what it is I'm a say'n. Got to laugh to keep from crying. Peace G
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