OBAMA DELEGATE STEPS DOWN FOR PC NONSENSE
The political correctness nonsense strikes again. An Obama delegate was asked to step down after she was ticketed for calling her neighbor's kids monkeys. Her neighbors are black. Well, if that was all you heard about the story....maybe you might agree that she should have stepped down. But, let's go on with the story and find out exactly what was said and why.
Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski, was at home when she saw her neighbor's children playing in a tree. She thought it was a little dangerous and went outside and told them to, "quit playing in the tree like monkeys." The mother of the children decided that it was a racist remark and called the police. The police showed up and ticketed Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski for disorderly conduct which carried a $75.00 fine.
Senator Barack Obama's campaign heard about the incident and "persuaded" Ramirez-Sliwinski to step down as an Obama delegate so that she could be replaced. The campaign felt her remarks were "divisive and unacceptable."
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O.K. This is complete nonsense. Do you know how many times as a child I was told to stop swinging in a tree or climbing a tree like a monkey? I used to love climbing trees. I was constantly told to stop acting like a monkey. I have told my own kids to stop acting like monkeys when they are climbing all over stuff.
Now some of you politically correct types might be saying, "But Trent...you're not black so it wouldn't offend you to be called a monkey. There is nothing wrong with calling your kids monkeys because they are white." That is exactly my point. The simple fact that my kids are climbing around and jumping around acting like monkeys....yes monkeys climb around and jump around....is the sole reason for calling them monkeys. So if a white kid is climbing a tree and a black kid is climbing a tree......it's the same thing. They are being called monkeys because of their actions. Everyone wants to be treated the same way, and everyone should be treated the same way. So please don't cry racism when you ARE treated the same way.
I am afraid to sing that song with my kids now. You know the one that goes like this, "Five little monkeys jumping on the bed....one fell off and bumped his head. Momma called the doctor and the doctor said, 'No more monkeys jumping on the bed.'" I might offend someone, be called a racist and then be ticketed and fined for being "devisive."
I truly believe that people today are just looking to be offended by anything and everything they can be offended by. I said it before and I'll say it again. "Political Correctness is ruining this country."
- Trent
