I came of age during a time when political incorrectness was the norm. Unapologetic white faces such as Archie Bunker Al Bundy and Tony Soprano dominated the entertainment scene.
Each of these characters expressed mild to domineering epithets against people of color and homosexuals views which steered integral facets of their everyday life.
These opinions though generally met a countering open-minded" rebuke to push a culturally-enlightening narrative.
And that was fine because the moral interplay was logical realistic and represented various ideologies.
Fast forward to 2018.
Today the very notion of non-white and homosexual prejudice is tantamount to cross burning and erstwhile lynchings for many pushing a social justice" agenda. Except it isnt.
No hate crime arose from pure prejudice; although racism is a different animal altogether.
However all human beings even if they fervently deny it carry predisposed notions concerning racial gender and situational stereotypes.
As ugly as it may be a prejudice is an inherently protective cognitive device. Our ancient predecessors survival and proliferation hinged upon their abilities to subconsciously prejudge and avoid dangerous scenarios.
Discrimination as opposed to racism and sexism in all its forms for better or worse is human nature.
This is why Im infinitely more comfortable strolling through an affluent neighborhood than one of low socioeconomic status. This is why my mind sends no warning signals to my body when passing a well-dressed groomed individual as opposed to one wearing baggy disheveled clothing and unkempt hair.
I didnt choose the aforementioned implicit psychology it simply is. And Im not ashamed of it because it keeps me and my loved ones safe.
Notice I didnt use skin tone in my descriptives above because Im less threatened implicitly by a well-dressed even-keeled black Latino or Asian man than his disheveled white counterpart and vice versa.
Unfortunately though this common sense explanation isnt good enough for the political correctness police who are hell-bent upon labeling all Caucasians as privileged" and thus the source of societies evils.
Does anyone else see the irony and danger in such misguided assertions?
Daily I learn of how another fiery PC lynch mob usually virtual has stamped a ransom note at societies feet demanding eradication of the patriarchy heterosexual mores Christianity and all which do not fit their envisioned ideal societal mold.
Is this by definition not racist? How can those who cloak themselves in the garb of modern social justice denigrate and denounce one skin tone while striving to end systemic racism?
Utter hypocrisy.
How can the media which we all know is heavily left slanted claim true moral high ground while forcefully airing its biased social-utopia visions upon its airwaves? Anyone remember the hit show Last Man Standing" which mysteriously vanished for an entire year?
Yet on television we are inundated by couples faces argot and gender-incompetency which are highly unrepresentative of the nations overall demographic.
What the former entities have done above all is shove once left-centrists onto the right side of the political spectrum thus ensuring Donald Trumps improbable election and ripping a nation which bonded so beautifully following 9/11 in half.
In this post-Obama toxic fallout sanity and decency is lost. And no one is immune to its pernicious effects. One Nation Under God is something which sadly will never again be.
And while I cringe at images of racial violence feel empathy for decent legalized immigrants and quietly live nonetheless my voice is slandered because it emanates through a white face?
That is unacceptable. This nation must find common-sense ideological footing before it implodes along fury from the fringes.
