Friday, April 3, 2015

The Cultural War and Fighting Political Correctness #WakeUpAmerica

by Kim D.

I think, as a nation, we have to admit the majority of us were a little slow in realizing how dangerous, divisive, and destructive the Marxist strategy of political correctness can be in modern times. Cloaked as a mere conversation promoting tolerance and diversity, many are awakening to the sad reality that while they were sleeping, the blade of political correctness has been sharpened into a fierce weapon used to force new norms on society and strike down those who resist. Free speech isn't free anymore when expressing an opinion can lead to financial ruin or threats of bodily harm, and there is no better example of this than what happened this week with Memories Pizza in Indiana.
What happens when a biased reporter seeks out an unsuspecting Christian business and gets the owners to share an opinion based on the hypothetical question of would they cater a gay wedding? Literally, all hell breaks loose. In response to the question did they support Indiana's controversial RFRA legislation, the owners of Memories Pizza answered in the affirmative:
The O'Connor family, who owns Memories Pizza, says they have a right to believe in their religion and protect those ideals. “If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no,” says Crystal O'Connor of Memories Pizza.
This faith-driven response led to the Great Pizza Freak Out. 
Someone doesn't want to bake you a cake? MOOOOOMMMMMY FIX IT. Don't want to bake someone a cake? MOOOOOOOMMMY FIX IT. What would have once been resolved with a curt but polite personal exchange that resulted in both parties getting what they wanted, but coming away slightly miffed at the other party, is now a battle of legislative and judicial wills, with one party running to unelected judges to declare their will sacrosanct, and the other party running to overbearing legislators to declare their protection.
The single ray of shining light in this insanity is the awakening of a collective voice for traditional, Christian values. In response to the pizza freak out, The Blaze contributors, Dana Loesch, Ben Howe, and Lawrence Jones were quick to encourage viewers to speak loudly and firmly with their wallets about this injustice done to the O'Connor family. The result has been phenomenal with over 18K donors raising over $500K in support of Memories Pizza within two days.

Yet the culture war continues. Simply supporting Memories Pizza has taken liberal outrage to a whole new level: pizza trutherism. This was all a scam by a small-town pizzeria to survive pending bankruptcy. 
And if anyone still isn't convinced we are in the midst of a cultural war, please visit the petition on Change.org to force GoFundMe to remove the Support Memories Pizza page. 
It's time to acknowledge that politics is downstream of culture and most politicians will flip flop and side with those who scream the loudest.  The dirty little secret, however, is that the loudest are not typically the majority. If you simply talk to the average mom scrambling to run a household or most hard-working Americans struggling to provide for their families, they don't have a clue as to the damaging effects of political correctness. But as the politically correct Marxists of our day are overplaying their hand, the average American is waking up and striking back. 
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