Naturally, the kid and his co-worker were upset. However, both were
also afraid of being branded a bigot. Political correctness in this
country has reached such a fever pitch high in that just about any
kind of bad behavior from a “protected” group of people is not only
tolerated but often encouraged. Media sensation after media
sensation vividly demonstrates that only white people are racists
and everybody else is a victim of their wrongs.
As a result, there is a lot of unacceptable and inappropriate
conduct that goes unnoticed in this country because a minority did
it. Such bad behavior is simply not newsworthy or cause for concern.
But if a white person did the same thing, the incident would
generate huge media coverage and flood the airwaves with endless
discussion about the racist undercurrent that still exists in this
country.
However, what these employees saw was clearly disturbing. After some
hesitation and consultation with a manager, the teenager dialed 911.
This clerk’s courage then triggered an unstoppable chain of events
that prevented an enormous act of terrorism. The extremists were
meticulously planning to massacre soldiers at the Fort Dix army base
in New Jersey as part of their jihad against the United States.
These employees are definitely heroes.
However, their conundrum illustrates a bigger problem in this
country. Racial arsonists like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have
spent decades fanning the flames of class warfare and racial
tension. And the media has bought into it because the press loves
extremes and this kind of divisiveness produces plenty of
sensationalism.
Although political correctness is bad in the United States, it is
nowhere near the boiling point that is already prevalent in Western
Europe. Ed Husain who wrote "The Islamist: Why I Joined Radical
Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I Left" once
explained in a Newsweek interview:
There is a problem with
multiculturalism and letting everyone do what they want to do. Our
teachers aren't keen to confront, challenge or debate expressions of
radicalism. So in the name of multiculturalism we have these
monocultural ghettos, this underworld where none of this is ever
questioned. You can walk into certain parts of London and quite
easily advocate a jihad and destroying Israel and ultimately
confronting Britain, and nobody would raise an eyelid. As long as
that's there, Britain faces problems.
Unfortunately, that is where this country is headed to.
Much of Western Europe is terrified of violating the norms of
political correctness and permissive liberalism. Sadly, many
European nations have already faced the consequences of extremists
inciting violence and committing terrorist acts for the sake of
jihad and for advancing radical Islam. Yet, Europeans are still
uncomfortable in directly confronting these miscreants because they
may be offended.
The employees in New Jersey who notified the authorities about the
terrorist plot that they saw unfolding certainly felt the pressure
of political correctness. They didn’t want to be labeled a racist
even though what they witnessed was cause for alarm. However, a
sense of what is right and wrong and decency took precedence over
the idiosyncrasies our popular culture. Ultimately, their courage
helped save lives.
However, for some people, it is more important to be politically
correct than it is to be right, regardless of the outcome.
In fact, there are a number of people who are embarrassed to be an
American so whatever is done to exacerbate our social problems is
seen as a perverse positive. These are the type of people who want
to scream torture if the authorities even put a pair of handcuffs on
a terrorist.
This kind of mentality is a slippery slope that will lead to the
destruction of Western values and freedom.
In fact, we are already seeing Muslim extremists intimidating
Western European nations and influencing their foreign policy. And
these extremists are also influencing many aspects of Western
culture in Europe with murders and violence against anything they
perceive as offensive. Yet, many European governments are impotent
on how to handle such increasing unrest.
It is time to put an end to political correctness. There are harsh
realities that have to be accepted because there is no way that a
civilized nation can tolerate bad behavior to run rampant without
any restraint. It is already wrecking havoc in Europe and it could
happen here in the United States.
This time we had some courageous young adults who did the right
thing. Next time we might not be so lucky.
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