I am, quite bluntly, worried that America is losing her collective mind.
The latest news story to confirm my suspicion is one in which groups at major universities apparently have issued guidelines on “microaggressions.” Among the verbiage now considered offensive are things such as Christmas vacation, golf outing, husband, boyfriend, American, melting pot and land of opportunity. Additionally, one is apparently not to tell a woman “I love your shoes.”
All of this reminds me of something a friend of mine posted in jest recently. “That is the last time I will ever compliment anyone on their mustache. I have never been cussed out so viciously! I guess I should have known to start by complimenting her shoes “
Has it really come to this? Has political correctness murdered the last functioning brain cell in the land? Is it really possible to send someone over the edge by a paragraph such as, “My former boyfriend who is now my husband is looking forward to the golf outing he will be taking on our Christmas vacation in this great melting pot that is America, the land of opportunity. Oh, and by the way girl, I love your shoes”?
America is bored. That is the only logical explanation I can think of for this obsession with being offended over the silliest of things. We are the wealthiest nation on earth; we have leisure time in abundance; everyone gets a trophy just for participating.