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Perspectives
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014

A Message from the Publisher

Our Thoughts
Political correctness
It seems that over the last six years, we as
a country have had to endure one scandal
after another; distrust in any government
entity is at the highest it has been in most
of our lifetimes.
Although we are sure that there have been
times in our history the corruptness and
cowardice of our elected officials had been
just as bad or worse because we are living
now, this era seems the worst.
In spite of that distrust the country still
functions. But the one thing we haven’t
had to endure is this terrible era of political
correctness.
The scandals are not going to destroy our
country, but the self-righteous minority that
is allowed to tear down the very fabric of
our personal rights and freedoms will.
When a few people can cause a whole nation to fear honoring God and a few people
can challenge a school system from teaching
their students about civic pride and democracy and when a country allows a minority
to prop up and support radicals like Al
Sharpton, we are in serious trouble.
We are at a point in our country’s history
where you as an individual cannot speak
your mind on any subject, wi ѡ