PC Rears Its Ugly Head Yet Again

Political Correctness, or 'PC', is going to be the downfall of this nation...or a significant contributing factor to that event.

First we have youth sports handing out trophies to EVERYone who participates in them. No league champ hardware, no Most Valuable Player plaques. EVERYONE gets the same 'participation' trophy just for showing up. Self-esteem might get injured in the youngsters otherwise.

Then we have societal issues with terms like 'men' and 'women', 'male' and 'female'. Some people feel those terms are sexist...or maybe I should say 'transsexist', because it assigns gender identity to a person regardless of what kind of plumbing God equipped them with as they were forming in the wombs of their mothers.

Just before I left law enforcement, non-police types in the social services world started taking offense over use of the term 'mental' when referring to someone who has psychological issues...who often had to be dealt with by police if they caused a disturbance or were prone to violence. Those folks wanted us to use the non-aggressive word 'consumer' when referring to mental persons. One police department locally even instructed its officers not to use the word 'mental' or the police code '10-30' over the police radios; it might offend if those individuals had scanners and were listening.

And now comes East Carolina University, based in Greenville, North Carolina, offering their students counseling on being adults in the real world and how to deal with failure in their lives. It seems some of their students couldn't handle non-passing grades or rejection at the hands of those they felt attracted to.

Whaaat??

That's right. There's your tax dollars at work, North Carolinians, creating yet more faculty positions, which account for 66% of ECU's annual budget outlay. Hey, it costs money to pay those staff members who add 'PhD' at the end of their names; to me, of course, 'PhD' stands for 'Piled Higher and Deeper'. Faculty has been added to help students cope with failure because they weren't taught how to deal with it growing up.

All because young Johnnie couldn't hit a fastball in Little League, or Suzy couldn't score a goal every time she kicked a soccer ball.