What exactly is Political Correctness? Everyone seems to know what it is but nobody can really define it. It's a philosophy, law, ethic and trend without being anything concrete. Some years back, the comedian Bill Maher had a show called "Politically Incorrect Theater." One could actually never figure out what he meant by that title but supposedly he was going to be irreverent with everything adopted by the politically correct crowd. What a strange thing then when watching this so-called theater that the reality was that Maher was more PC than the most strident liberal democrat. What his brand of PC did was to lampoon patriotic people and groups groups and anyone else considered pro-American by some self-anointed group of liberal thinkers including himself. (His recent excursion into belief and faith is a film called "Religuous." One would have wished that he would have taken his cues from "Inherit the Wind" which also made a point to highlight the inconsistencies found in Christianity. It's an easy target. Notice that in all his anti-religious banter that he doesn't dare offend Islam. He shies away from discussions of Islam and instead focuses on Christianity as if he has discovered something new. Sorry Bill, you're late to the game and later still at finding obvious flaws in church doctrine. But hey, he's a big name and commands a pretty fair audience. The only problem is that he's boring. Every show is the same: Bash republicans, patriots and American policy yet stand for some kind of global government. He would like America to lose in a big way and be taken over by some benevolent conqueror like China. After all, China is the new poster child of radical chic leftists. Their parties must be tired affairs so devoid of original thought that somnambulism is the main course. It's no wonder these people want to freely use drugs. With such limited imagination, anything that sparks a glint of creativity is looked upon as God.
His and other's brand of PC was/is, in effect, nothing more than statism under the guise of protest: Everything the state did was fine and any anti-American sentiment was good and was supported. In fact, the more anti-American and divisive, the more it is presented as hip and cool. If you support the ridiculous sentiments often offered by Maher and friends, the cooler you were/are. (His program on HBO is now called Real Time with Bill Maher. I don't think trite and hackneyed quite covers what happens on that show. For a real alternative look at news stories delivered irreverently, check out "Red Eye." It's on Fox cable or satellite at midnight. You can get some of the shows on the web. Funny and irreverent and not politically correct in a way that Maher can only imagine.)
How could this have happened? Why is it considered cool and hip to be unAmerican? Why is love of country considered the domain of the barely educated and inbreeders? If anyone can offer a reasonable explanation, let him come forth and offer such. But it is my fear that any real criticism will be ad hominem at best. There have been some fine patriots who have not been Chauvinists but there are also people who drape the flag over their shoulders like a vampire cape and attempt to suck reason out of blind adherence. Wait a minute, that sounds like Bill Maher.
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