It seems that crises tend to reveal a lot about us. The tragedies faced over the last several weeks have been extremely telling. A significant feature of the present landscape in the U.S. is that of political correctness which, for the lack of a better way of describing it, is a method for not telling the truth as we see it. It has a lot to do with turning (like “turning your back” to a situation, or “willfully turning a blind eye” to it). It may reveal a cowardice that is afraid of truth (new or old) as we strain to deceive ourselves from it.
It is difficult to think that political correctness … in any arena … will survive, as long as it deals in half truths, as we look the other way, refuse to acknowledge truth in its entirety, or by feigning ignorance.
As long as political correctness plays such a major part in our society, how can we not expect to make flawed decisions? Today the bald eagle is representative of our nation, our national symbol. Under the present state of affair, we might be better represented by an ostrich. Putting the Three Wise Monkeys on our currency or as a statue in the Capitol Building would also serve us well during these times. Together those monkeys embody the principle of refusing to acknowledge truth by not seeing it, not hearing it, or not speaking it.
St. Athanasius said, “If the world goes against the truth, then Athanasius goes against the world.” I’d like to think we could remove the cloak of political correctness and stand with him.
Jim Clark
Frankton
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Letter: Political correctness may reveal cowardice
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