For some reason, I have really grown tired of political correctness lately.  I have been a libertarian for quite a while now.  I have been pretty hardcore since 2003, but had libertarian leanings long before that.

I don’t know why, but political correctness did not bother me as much up until now.  Don’t get me wrong; I am not losing sleep over it.  But it has just seemed more over the top lately.

I am prejudicial like everyone else in this world, whether they want to admit it or not.  We make judgments every day of our lives, rightly or wrongly.  In reality, it is mostly for the right reasons.

If I see a lion roaming free on the street, I am going the other way, unless I am planning to save someone else.  I am going to assume that the lion is not just going to lick me.  If I see a regular house cat on the street, I am not going to have the same reaction.  This is prejudice.

Speaking of lions, nearly everyone is in a roar (sorry for the pun) about some guy killing a lion in Africa.  If only we had the same outrage when American bombs and missiles blow up innocent people in Africa and elsewhere.

I am tired of all of the victim groups.  I try to see people as individuals, but the society I live in tries to fit everyone into a group.  There are victim groups for race, religion, sexual preference, gender, and several other categories that I may not even be aware of.

I am tired of hearing about Bruce/ Caitlyn Jenner.  I’m sorry, but I don’t refer to him as “she”.  That is the fashionable thing to do everywhere, at least on the mainstream media.  He is still a “he”.  He can change his name, get plastic surgery, and change his name, but it doesn’t change the gender.

And then Bruce/ Caitlyn is given a courage award at the ESPY’s.  Has nearly everyone forgotten that he recently killed someone in a car accident?  And why is he a hero for all of this?

If we want to find a transgender hero, how about Bradley/ Chelsea Manning, who is sitting in a prison cell for exposing a bunch of murderers in the U.S. military?  It is ok for some military guys to shoot and kill innocent people in Iraq and laugh about it, but then it is a crime when Bradley Manning exposes the truth about it.

Last but not least, I am tired of the homosexual agenda.  I have no problem with anyone being gay.  If I were a baker, I would probably agree to bake a cake for a gay couple’s wedding, even without the threat of force.  But I think it is despicable that a bakery is essentially forced to bake a cake for a gay couple.  It is the baker’s time and property and he should be able to do whatever he wants.  It is called freedom of association.  Of course, I apply that down the line to all people and businesses with anyone.

I think most Christians get it wrong here too.  They believe in forced discrimination, but just not when it comes to gay people.  I would venture to say that the only group of people (why am I talking about groups?) that consistently gets it right is libertarians.

I seriously try to be sensitive to other people and what they may have gone through or are currently going through.  But the political correctness has gotten way out of hand.

My hope is that there is a silent majority out there who are just afraid to speak up.  They just put up with it.  They don’t want to be accused of being a racist, or homophobic, or whatever, even though they aren’t.

I think getting past the politically correct garbage is an important step in restoring liberty.