Anthony
2007-12-06 06:21:29
This nation is ripe for more than straight talk about race relations: it is ripe for straight talk. But we’ll have to do more than blame others, complain or get angry. The infection of political correctness has proven too tempting to restrict its censoring power to race alone. Anything may be offensive now, because the word “offensive” is an all-purpose shield against all and any critical language.
We’ll have to learn to refuse the commissars. What are we but servants if we let others tell us how to speak?
I suggest we learn to speak well, dangerously well, and say just what we mean–politely but precisely. Make it a form of civil disobedience. And as in all civil disobedience, do not back down.
