Your Constitutional Right to not be Offended
By now we all understand that it's "against the law" to offend certain individuals or groups. Not all individuals or groups, mind you, just those whose numbers are in the minority, because, it may be reasoned, we dare not offend someone who's in the minority. Why's that, you might ask? Because it might be construed as prejudicial and therefore "unfair" for anyone in the majority to offend anyone in the minority.
Because the majority has graciously allowed the minority to run roughshod over them for so many politically correct years, this bogus "right to not be offended" has taken root to the point where far too many people really do believe that offending others is against the law.
Many realize that it's not a matter of actually being against the law, but rather the fear of being taken to court. Who needs the aggravation and high court costs. Even huge organizations like the Military are quick to concede to the caterwauls of so-called offendees.
The latest flap over politically correct "offenses" involve the words spoken during the flag-folding ceremonies at military funerals. It seems there was ONE (1) person who complained about the 11th fold which “glorifies the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob:”
It's so sad to think that one person, for no good reason, and with no legal ground on which to stand, could effect such change.
One person's self-absorption caused (for now, anyway) The National Cemetery Administration to do away with this time honored Flag-Folding Ceremony.
What on earth would possess a person to do such a thing?
Maybe the The Church Lady was on to something!
Because the majority has graciously allowed the minority to run roughshod over them for so many politically correct years, this bogus "right to not be offended" has taken root to the point where far too many people really do believe that offending others is against the law.
Many realize that it's not a matter of actually being against the law, but rather the fear of being taken to court. Who needs the aggravation and high court costs. Even huge organizations like the Military are quick to concede to the caterwauls of so-called offendees.
The latest flap over politically correct "offenses" involve the words spoken during the flag-folding ceremonies at military funerals. It seems there was ONE (1) person who complained about the 11th fold which “glorifies the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob:”
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Flag-folding recitations by Memorial Honor Detail volunteers are now banned at the nation’s 125 veterans graveyards because of a complaint about the ceremony at Riverside National Cemetery.
During thousands of military burials, the volunteers have folded the American flag 13 times and recited the significance of every fold to survivors.
The first fold represents life, the second a belief in eternal life, and so on.
The complaint revolved around the narration in the 11th fold, which celebrates Jewish war veterans and “glorifies the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.”
The National Cemetery Administration then decided to ban the entire recital at all national cemeteries. Details of the complaint weren’t disclosed
It's so sad to think that one person, for no good reason, and with no legal ground on which to stand, could effect such change.
One person's self-absorption caused (for now, anyway) The National Cemetery Administration to do away with this time honored Flag-Folding Ceremony.
What on earth would possess a person to do such a thing?
Maybe the The Church Lady was on to something!
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