The PC Police are alive and well and, as usual, are making a nuisance of themselves. Let’s hop across the pond to Great Britain where the Three Little Pigs are making a stir.
“The Three Little Cowboy Builders,” a digital book designed to promote literacy and encourage children in creative writing has been banned from state sponsored awards. Its use of pigs was ruled to be offensive to Muslims, and the ribbing at builders was deemed to be offensive to labor. Gee, I guess your sense of humor and perspective are removed prior to government service in the UK too.
I’m sure this foolishness will find its way to our shores sooner or later, so let’s offer up an ounce of sense before it does. We live in that wonderful oddity knows as a democratic republic. As such, we have this notion known as freedom of speech. It’s a good thing, just ask Perez Hilton’s lawyer. Like all good things, it has a few drawbacks. Namely, there are bound to be lots of things said that are annoying, offensive, or just plan stupid. Just peruse the Op Ed pages of the New York Times and the Boston Globe. They’re still in business, so clearly we don’t have freedom from stupidity.
Part of living in a grown up society that recognizes things like freedom of speech is the maturity to have thick enough skin to allow others to have their say without crying like a stuck pig. It would appear this notion is lost on many Muslims, Democrats, HR Departments, whiny diversity organizations, and, of course, Historic Leader.
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