In the words of Canada’s Human Rights Commission’s senior counsel Ian Fine, the commission is necessary because "there can’t be enough laws against hate." This during a panel on human right’s commissions in which Fine was caught twice in lies – or glaring ignorance – about the commission’s activities. Actually, a single law against hate…
Category: Political Correctness
Voting While Guilty
At Slate, Ron Rosenbaum says that it’s not wrong to vote for Barack Obama because of his race. This is an assertion I’m highly resistant to. I believe my vote ought to be for the candidate who is most likely to do the things I believe are right for the nation – the candidate who…
What Sort of "Ism" are You?
Vote against Hillary and it’s sexism, deny Obama’s hope and it’s racism, forget to vote for McCain and it’s ageism. Frankly I’m sick of it. Our criteria for choosing a candidate is our own concern and there’s no need for voters to justify themselves. Candidates and media alike are so thin-skinned it’s a wonder sharp…
Gay Marriage OK in California
The California Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision in favor of allowing same-sex couples to marry is an unfortunate rejection of Christian morality. Glen Greenwald points out that it’s hardly unexpected given the state’s precedents before going on to say that the democratic process in California legitimizes the ruling, a claim of dubious accuracy, as demonstrated by…
Hillary Wins Pennsylvania
With 94% of the vote counted in Pennsylvania, Claudia’s prediction of 55% to 45% is tracking dead-on. This gives the former First Lady a definitive win in another big state and begs the question: Should Mrs. Clinton drop out of the race for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination? Of course not. To many on the…
Chilling Effect in Canada
Kathy Shaidle reports that she and other bloggers are being sued by Richard Warman, a former member of Canada’s Human Rights Commission and frivolous lawsuit filer extraordinaire: Canada’s busiest litigant, serial "human rights" complainant and — the guy Mark Steyn has called "Canada’s most sensitive man" — Richard Warman is now suing his most vocal…
Dangers of Politically Correct Reporting
My favorite writer at The Moderate Voice is Polimom and it’s good to see that she’s back and blogging again! Today she writes that the Houston Chronicle’s policy of using "racial or ethnic identification only when it is clearly pertinent" went too far by failing to include important information about the at-large suspect: On the…
UN: Fitna is Hate Speech
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described Fitna as "offensively anti-Islamic" and issued the press release that follows (via memeorandum): I condemn, in the strongest terms, the airing of Geert Wilders’ offensively anti-Islamic film. There is no justification for hate speech or incitement to violence. The right of free expression is not at stake here. I…
Too Thin Political Skin
James Carville, one of Bill Clinton’s campaign advisers back in the day, wrote this dead-on piece as a post-mortem to the sad little affair of Samantha "Monster" Power. To prevent her candidate from further embarrassment, Ms Power performed the ritual act of American political hara-kiri and resigned. The problem is that calls for resignation are…
Clinton Supporters Cry Sexism
The Big Tent Democrat says that Barack Obama "needs to apologize for this remark": I understand that Senator Clinton, periodically when she’s feeling down, launches attacks as a way of trying to boost her appeal. What on Earth for? Is the word "periodically" to be stricken from the vocabularies of Hillary’s opponents now? Ridiculous. I…