I grew up in the North — yes, I am a Yankee, born and bred. I have no "dog in the fight" when it comes to some cultural or historical connection to the South, its heritage and the Confederate flag.
Yet, this whole recent uproar over that flag has, for the first time, made me passionate about that flag.
Not because I choose to fly it at my home, or display it prominently. I don't and likely will not. But this is yet another example of the insanity of our time, how the tragic incident in South Carolina has created such a backlash against — what else — this flag.
As if this flag had anything to do with that event.
What about the moral breakdown of the society, and the fact that the sick young man who murdered nine people came from a terribly dysfunctional background brought on by a broken family life?
Instead, the left and media go off on a symbol of Southern heritage, claiming somehow that it contributed to this man's hate. True, that flag has been used in the past as a racist symbol by some, but today it's largely representative of Southern heritage.
This whole episode is really about the left jumping on every opportunity, or forcing opportunities, to change society into their leftist image — one without values, except, of course, theirs; one deplete of our historical American way of life; and one in which we can boldly move forward into the "brave new world order" of tomorrow.
A world in which the elite among us — specifically, leftists, who are, of course, smarter, wiser, and simply better than the rest of us minions — can dictate their worldview to everyone else. After all, they, of course, have all of our best interests in mind. And we can trust them.
Really?
In truth, this is political correctness simply out of control. We need to stop the madness before it's too late!
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: GUEST COLUMN: Stop the P.C. madness before it's too late