A few days ago , the Huffington Post published an article based on an Angus Reid poll that said most Canadians , especially those ages 55 and up , are sick and tired of people being too politically correct . The poll was an answer to a survey on why Donald Trump , with his antipolitical correctness and all , seems to be a popular choice for the US presidency . In the survey , 82 % of people 55 + said that political correctness has gone too far , and 78 % of people ages 35-54 said the same thing . 67 % of those polled were in agreement , and they belonged to the age bracket of 18-34 .

What does this all mean ?

It means a number of things . In Alberta , the Minister of Education took to it upon himself to speak for all Alberta educators to say the LGBT agenda should be accepted by everyone , with the operative word being “ should ”. This means that if a boy were to use the girls ’ bathroom and vice versa , it would be okay for the school and should be okay for the rest of the school population . What ’ s wrong with this picture ?

First of all , it ’ s not really okay to impose something on an entire population just because one wanted to be the Politically Correct Hero . The way I understand it , the

Alberta Education Minister is saying that as long as the LGBT community is appeased , and is not hurt by what the heterosexual population is saying even if it upholds science and nature , or it has been the yardstick or moral compass of society , it ’ s okay . It ’ s saying that gender is based on an assumption and a feeling , not by biology or nature , so , forget about how the other kids are being taught by their teachers and parents . Never mind that they have their own faiths , cultures , principles and religious beliefs that have to be taken into consideration and respected as well , just as long as one community is happy . I am bothered by the

politics behind their support , and it is the fact that while there is a greater majority of people that are being adversely affected by such accommodations , the political machinery doesn ’ t seem to be bothered by this , as

long as they put the concerns of other groups forward , and they can do a quick Pontius Pilate and wash their hands of the consequences that follow , like confusing an entire generation of what science and nature has

already established as male or female , black or white , apples or oranges .

Political correctness has also barred people from stating the obvious in order not to supposedly offend

other people . Take Christmas for instance . Nina Grewal , a Sikh and MP for Fleetwood- Port Kells emphasized in a speech she made before the Parliament , that it is unjust to Christians that the greetings , “ Merry Christmas ” be changed

to “ Season ’ s Greetings ” so as not to offend non-Christians . She said it is disrespectful and unnecessary to be politically correct by diminishing the value of Christmas as a Christian holiday or tradition .

She said that being in Canada means respecting the rights and freedoms of all cultures , races and peoples , and that we need to protect this and be fair to all . It had to take a non-Christian to do so , because if a Christian said it , he would be called awful names and be told that he is not being politically correct or respectful of other people ’ s feelings , never mind his own .

Respect . This is where things have become clear as mud . And it is the political agenda that seeks to continue to make things murky .

If we simply go back to respecting each other , and our individual culture and beliefs , we wouldn ’ t have a need for political correctness . The whole idea of seeking first to understand than to be understood is the key to untying the knots we have created that have affected a lot of people and communities . While we , as a society , continue to pull each other ’ s hairs out and bicker about whose opinion matters most , the politicians sit comfortably in their chairs , patting themselves on the back , thinking they did an amazing job for turning into law what only a handful of people wanted , while isolating the majority , and the truth , in the end .