Did you know that many college campuses are deemed so heavily entrenched in the idea of political correctness that some Comedians, Musicians, and other acts will not visit them and/or censor themselves because the expect a hostile and unwelcoming audience?

This is occurring in our so-called centers of higher learning, yet the students cannot even be expected to be taught reason, critical thinking, and rational thought. Instead of teaching them such critical forms of education they instead mutate the entire campus like a monster to fit the political and emotional whims of the students. At some point the "We'll give the degree to anyone as long as they pay" mentality corrupted such educational institutions in other ways than simply producing a lot of paper tigers. It is no longer a place one must strive to be accepted to. If you pay, you can go. As such it has shifted from a place that once required the strictest of studies and is like a chef deciding to stop cooking culinary exquisite meals and instead going to work at McDonalds next to the robots.

The political correctness movement needs to stop. Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) why don't you first take several history classes including U.S. history, and then find a challenging teacher that teaches logic and critical thinking. If you still want to protest and be a SJW after that at least you hopefully won't be letting your emotions lead you around as though you were wearing a leash. I am not referring to SJW with a particular agenda. I am referring to all of them. We need to stop the masses that are running around fueled by emotion and imagined predicted ill events. Replace them with rational people who respond rationally (not emotionally) to actual events that happened rather than the imaginary ones that have not.

If you can avoid the colleges that promise you whatever you want as long as you pay their tuition. Unless you are a self learner odds are you won't benefit much. There are exceptions, but you need to intentionally seek them out. If you are a self learner then the odds are good that unless special equipment is required you can learn what you would from that education at whatever pace you like without ever stepping foot in one of their expensive courses. Again, there are exceptions. There are some things (mostly due to lack of equipment/opportunity) that you would find near impossible to learn outside of a higher education or vocational facility.

A glimpse at history

So what exactly inspired this post? Well a friend of mine on a SLACK I participate in posted this video.

I said yes this shows their are stupid people that support Trump. There are white supremacists that support him. There are black supremacists and stupid people that don't support him. We have no shortage of stupid people on either side of this particular topic.

I pointed out this video. That is the other side. You see if you want to find stupid people on any side of an issue these days you don't have to look far. It doesn't prove anything other than we have stupid people out there.

When I watched that video and how people were saluting in what we deem to be Hitler style it inspired by thought for this post.

I started realizing that the fact we do not salute our flag this way in the United States is purely an example of Political Correctness. Did you know for example that we saluted our flag exactly like the people saluted Hitler until the people of Germany did it to Hitler during World War II? It was deemed politically incorrect to salute like the people saluting Hitler. So it was changed to putting our hand over our heart.

Source: businessinsider.com - Salute to Hitler and the lone dissenter

Source: The Catholic Knight - United States Flag Salute pre-WW2

Source: Forgottenhistoryblog.com - another example - not quite the same as Hitler's but, close enough for the political correctness police to jump into action.

Source: The National WW2 Museum Blog - this is what it was changed to AFTER World War 2

What does that say about people? Political Correctness assumes that people who were sticking their hand out in front of them pointing towards a flag at and angle suddenly become Hitler followers because Hitler's followers did the same. It treats the population as though what angle and position you hold your hand is going to dictate what occurs in your mind.

In other words, Political Correctness assumes you are far too stupid to have your own rational thoughts. The Hitler salute might have been a mind virus that spreads to the United States.

I say this. Political Correctness as a whole is this stupid. It treats you like you are stupid. It is based around emotion and image, and has zero to do with rational and reasoned thought.

I can point my hand in all kinds of directions and I assure you it does not appear to be programming my mind.

So there is my late night rambling post...

Steem On!

BONUS: Our Pledge of allegiance was NOT written in the U.S. until 1892 which was 116 years after the birth of the nation. Think about that. It did NOT have the words "One Nation Under God" and it is a myth that such a pledge has always existed. In 1954 (yes that recent) the phrase "One Nation Under God" was added to the pledge to combat Communism. This was during the time of McCarthyism also known as the Red Scare. You should learn about that if you are unfamiliar with it as I believe you'll see some striking mental similarities with movements today.