Recently in my speech class, we watched a documentary called American Tongues, all about how we as Americans, should respect the cultures and accents of others...which I'm all for, until it becomes communistic and absurd. There were many interviews throughout the film, and it was amazing to see how many people felt sorry for themselves. Watching the truth in stereotypes become so
apparent was amazing. I’m a strong believer in people only being as smart as
they push themselves to be, and part of intelligence is being able to speak
properly in the language of your country. This is America and we speak in
English, and honestly, it’s your own fault if you’re disrespected or
miss-understood because of a lack of effort on your part. How much effort
people put in to feeling sorry for other people blew me away. Honestly, that’s
what being politically correct is: adapting yourself to make others feel more
comfortable.. I think that if people took even a fraction of the time they
spend worrying about other people, and spent it on creating more solid opinions
for themselves, the country would be much stronger, because that’s what we
need. America was founded on, and by people with strong opinions, and all of us
trying to please each other is creating weak people that tolerate anything, because
intolerance is treated like terrorism now a days.
When
do you think that happened? When did American culture become so dependent on
total satisfaction? Why is it so important that everyone feel included? That’s
honestly absurd. If everyone was meant to be equal, pearls wouldn’t be
expensive and restaurants wouldn’t have star rating system; there wouldn’t be
social class separation, and a janitor would be viewed the same way as a CEO. But
that’s NOT the case. America is characterized by hard work and strong individuals,
and the second we say “it’s okay….you don’t really have to work, we’ll make
excuses for you” is the day America breeds it’s weakest generation, and I think
that that day has already come.
Food for thought, and maybe some conversation later. Some might say it began with the civil rights movement, but I think an argument could be made with rampant consumerism post WWII as families started transitioning to dual income households.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as an aside, you should watch PCU starring Jeremy Piven sometime, because it'll crack you up... Somewhat on point with your post, but satirical.