The inability to properly use language is not a new phenomenon. The ability to use to use language correctly, however, is rare. Going backwards in time, speeches by Ronald Reagan ("The Government is not the solution to the problem. It is the problem."), JFK ("Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."), MLK ("I have a dream..."), FDR ("...a day that will live in infamy"), Churchill ("Never have so many..."), Lincoln ("Four score and seven years ago...") are some of the best examples of being able to use the language properly to both convey truthfully and accurately an idea or principle; and, to inspire. That there is a paucity of those able to do so extemporaneously in this day and age is, I believe, a result of the impact of political correctness on the thought process and a failure of the education system to teach children traditional values and classical truths.
Some have hailed President Obama as a great orator but while he uses his voice effectively and can inspire when rehearsed, his inability to be accurate or truthful detracts and makes him nothing more than a common political hack talking down to the people he says he serves.
The linked article takes exception to the misuse of the word "tragedy" and it has, in truth, been misused much in the past few years. This is partly out of a belief that to be politically correct we must not cast aspersions and partly out of a failure of our education system to place "truth" at the apex of education. Instead "moral relativity" is placed at the apex to the detriment of not only the students but the nation as a whole. It is politically correct moral relativity that demands that we call 9/11 and Ft. Hood "tragedies" because the word conveys the sadness of the loss for those who died without casting an aspersion on the motive of those who were perpetrators. In truth, however, 9/11 was as FDR characterized the attack on Pearl Harbor, "...an unprovoked and dastardly attack..." and a massacre of innocent civilians. Ft. Hood was "a slaughter" of unarmed people by a murderous Islamist who committed an act of terror. Neither incident can truthfully be described as a tragedy, even though the families of the victims surely experienced the tragic loss of a loved one. Those who presume to be political leaders but who cannot fathom that the truth is more important than political correctness and moral relativity--which is actually a device that liberal-progressive-socialists use to justify actions that go against universal truths--do not deserve to be given the reins of leadership in our nation. This includes current and presumptive leaders of both parties.
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Some have hailed President Obama as a great orator but while he uses his voice effectively and can inspire when rehearsed, his inability to be accurate or truthful detracts and makes him nothing more than a common political hack talking down to the people he says he serves.
The linked article takes exception to the misuse of the word "tragedy" and it has, in truth, been misused much in the past few years. This is partly out of a belief that to be politically correct we must not cast aspersions and partly out of a failure of our education system to place "truth" at the apex of education. Instead "moral relativity" is placed at the apex to the detriment of not only the students but the nation as a whole. It is politically correct moral relativity that demands that we call 9/11 and Ft. Hood "tragedies" because the word conveys the sadness of the loss for those who died without casting an aspersion on the motive of those who were perpetrators. In truth, however, 9/11 was as FDR characterized the attack on Pearl Harbor, "...an unprovoked and dastardly attack..." and a massacre of innocent civilians. Ft. Hood was "a slaughter" of unarmed people by a murderous Islamist who committed an act of terror. Neither incident can truthfully be described as a tragedy, even though the families of the victims surely experienced the tragic loss of a loved one. Those who presume to be political leaders but who cannot fathom that the truth is more important than political correctness and moral relativity--which is actually a device that liberal-progressive-socialists use to justify actions that go against universal truths--do not deserve to be given the reins of leadership in our nation. This includes current and presumptive leaders of both parties.
Follow the link for more.
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