I am seriously tired of hyper-sensitive people in America being "offended". Heck, talk about living in a really oppressive society. No one will be able to say anything, because frankly almost everybody gets offended about almost everything. This is precisely why America's Founding Fathers made sure to enshrine Freedom of Expression in our U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights, 1st Amendment.
“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.”― Voltaire
“This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.”― Euripides, The Phoenician Women
“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”― Salman Rushdie
“You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.”― John Morley, On Compromise
“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”― Noam Chomsky
“Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others. It is a heritage of communism, but they don't seem to see this.”― Doris Lessing
The Daily Caller“If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.”― Benjamin Franklin
written by Eric Owens, Education Editor
Saturday April 26, 2014
Another ridiculous politically-correct brouhaha has broken out at Dartmouth College, America’s most hopelessly and disturbingly fragile Ivy League school.
This time, the fracas is over a fundraiser for cardiac care that the Phi Delta Alpha fraternity and the Alpha Phi sorority had planned to jointly sponsor, reports Campus Reform.
Problems arose because a single student, junior Daniela Hernandez, was offended by the party’s theme of “Phiesta.”
As a result, the soiree, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been canceled by the presidents of the respective Greek organizations.
Had the party happened, it would have included a live band as well as virgin piña coladas and strawberry daiquiris. There would also have been burritos, chips and salsa, and guacamole.
The cash raised at the event would have gone to benefit cardiac treatments.
However, Hernandez’s deep offense about racial insensitivity was enough to call it off.
The self-proclaimed “Mexican-born, United-States-raised, first-generation woman of color” declared in an angry email that “there are various problematic structures and ideologies regarding a Cinco de Mayo-inspired event,” according to Campus Reform.
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