Tired of Being "Politically Correct"

Our assignment this week was to look for an issue on a campus having to do with freedom of speech. In searching the FIRE website, I found numerous topics of interest, many having to do with free speech on the internet. These interested me, but seemed so prevalent that I continued to search for something a little more unique. My quest led me to an article that, shall we say, sparked my patriotic interest. No, that really isn’t a true statement. The fact is that it made me so angry my blood pressure began to rise!

The issue involved San Francisco State University in a matter that not only involved freedom of speech, but also patriotism to our country. In a small anti-terrorism protest, the student Republican organization stomped on pieces of paper upon which they had drawn replicas of the flags of the radical Islamic organizations of Hamas and Hezbollah.

Much to my chagrin, we all know that desecration of the American flag was held constitutional in the United States Supreme Court case of Texas v. Johnson. So why is this case any different? Well, it seems that the flags also contained the word “Allah” in Arabic script. Even though the students were completely unaware of this fact, they were charged with “incivility” and creating “a hostile environment” by attempting to desecrate Allah.

Let’s be honest. The charges brought against these students had nothing to do with freedom of speech or religious intolerance. This is a case of “political correctness.” Would the same stance have been taken if the flags were from a non-Islamic country? Not likely. Perhaps the Muslims should be more concerned with the terrorists who use the name of Allah as an excuse for their atrocities against humankind.

I am a patriotic American that believes in the Constitution of our country. My son, along with many other sons and daughters, has risked his life in an effort to protect our country from the global terrorism that has breached the borders of our country. I am fed up with “political correctness.” I am sick of our leaders not standing up to those who are making it their agenda to demolish the very foundation of our country. America has long been known for welcoming those from all nations, but not for the purpose of destroying it.

This is America. We can fight to preserve the nation we love, or we can continue with our “politically correct” agenda and watch as those that despise the very foundation upon which we were founded destroy us. Right now we still have a choice.


The complete FIRE article can be read at: http://www.thefire.org/article/8237.html The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article which you can locate at: http://www.thefire.org/article/8214.html