Sunday, March 31, 2013

Apologies, Apologies, Apologies



The Tyranny of Political Correctness

In the last few days there have been 3 outstanding instances of  'hate speech':

1. Rep. Don Young Apologizes for ‘Wetbacks’ Comment
Rep. Don Young, who used the term “wetbacks” to describe Mexican immigrants in a radio interview Thursday night, issued a full-scale apology this afternoon for using the derogatory slur after a barrage of criticism from...
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/03/rep-don-young-apologizes-for-wetbacks-comment/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hopkins-surgeon-ben-carson-apologizes-for-choice-of-words-on-gay-marriage/

3. Michigan Republican Dave Agema says he is refusing to resign after promoting an article that said “part of the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their filthy lifestyle."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/30/dave-agema-resignation_n_2984735.html

Here begins a 'cluster' of Apologies.  Isn't that nice?  After all the insensitive words, apologies.

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