Things You Cannot Say In America

Have you ever known anyone with a martyr’s complex, who enjoyed persecution and actually felt worthless in life unless they were being maligned? These hapless individuals even manufacture persecution during slow seasons. Now if you happen to be one of these individuals, or would like to be persecuted, boiled in oil, flayed alive and then beheaded, this article is for you.

In the Kingdom of Political Correctness, some things are just no-no. Truth, honesty and facts are nowhere to be found in this land of make-believe. Expediency, self promotion and personal enrichment are usually the motivations for being PC. Purveyors of PC lie, dodge and twist the truth, re-phrasing sentences and re-defining well established definitions in order to change thinking on issues. Residents in this fairy tale kingdom can be found in government positions, universities and colleges, pulpits, schools, and any place of influence.

They eat at the foundation of absolute truth, especially as found in Scripture and shoot their venom at all who oppose and expose their insidious ways. They have succeeded in silencing many who might otherwise speak the truth in boldness, having beaten them down to believe that "fairness" and "compassion" are paramount and must reign as the standard used to judge what is spoken or printed.

To ensure you end up thrown into the torture dungeon of the Kingdom of Political Correctness, you might begin by spouting off at the mouth with some phrases that have to do with gender roles and sexual identity. These subjects will ensure your place on the stretching rack. To get you started, here are some things you cannot say in America:

‘Men and women are different"

"Homosexuality is a sin"

"Islam is not a religion of peace, but produces terrorists"

"Jesus" (spoken while leading in a public prayer)

"Mothers should stay at home and make motherhood their career"

"The Republican Party has betrayed conservatives"

"Illegal Aliens" (instead of undocumented immigrants)

"The South was right" (States rights trump federal legislation anyday)

"The Catholic institution persecuted Bible believers throughout church history"

"Palestinian gunmen are murdering terrorists, not freedom fighters"

"George Bush has betrayed America with his amnesty policy for illegals"

"Home educated students excel above traditional students"

"Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are racists"

"The Constitution is not a living document"

So there you have it. Things to say, just for starters, that are sure to bring reproach in today’s multi-cultural, pluralistic, God-hating, Christ-denying society. See you in the dungeon.

"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" Isaiah 5:20

Joseph Harris is the Vice President of Southeastern Baptist College in Laurel, MS. (This article may be reprinted in whole, as long as the name Joseph Harris and

www.miniedition.net also appear)