Post by ava on Feb 4, 2006 4:15:55 GMT -5
and that hero is Charlton Heston, of all people.
(I'm not really sure if this goes here, but it seems more closely related to western culture than any of the other categories.)
I have to admit, the whole "RIGHT WING NEWS" thing blazoned at the top of the page kind of put me off at first, but after my stomach stopped writhing and I read the article, Heston actually seems to be a voice of reason among angry radicals. Very supportive of personal freedom, as opposed to this over-controlling totalitarianism that many modern Republicans seem to champion.
[excerpt from article]
www.rightwingnews.com/speeches/heston.php
(I'm not really sure if this goes here, but it seems more closely related to western culture than any of the other categories.)
I have to admit, the whole "RIGHT WING NEWS" thing blazoned at the top of the page kind of put me off at first, but after my stomach stopped writhing and I read the article, Heston actually seems to be a voice of reason among angry radicals. Very supportive of personal freedom, as opposed to this over-controlling totalitarianism that many modern Republicans seem to champion.
[excerpt from article]
... Let’s be honest. Who here thinks your professors can say what they really believe?
That scares me to death. It should scare you too, that the superstition of political correctness rules the halls of reason. ...
If you talk about race, it does not make you a racist.
If you see distinctions between the genders, it does not make you sexist.
If you think critically about a denomination, it does not make you anti-religion.
If you accept but don’t celebrate homosexuality, it does not make you a homophobe.
Don’t let America’s universities continue to serve as incubators for this rampant epidemic of new McCarthyism.
But what can you do? How can anyone prevail against such pervasive social subjugation? The answer’s been here all along.
I learned it 36 years ago, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., standing with Dr. Martin Luther King and two hundred thousand people.
You simply ... disobey.
Peaceably, aye. Respectfully, of course. Nonviolently, absolutely.
But when told how to think or what to say or how to behave, we don’t. We disobey social protocol that stifles and stigmatizes personal freedom.
That scares me to death. It should scare you too, that the superstition of political correctness rules the halls of reason. ...
If you talk about race, it does not make you a racist.
If you see distinctions between the genders, it does not make you sexist.
If you think critically about a denomination, it does not make you anti-religion.
If you accept but don’t celebrate homosexuality, it does not make you a homophobe.
Don’t let America’s universities continue to serve as incubators for this rampant epidemic of new McCarthyism.
But what can you do? How can anyone prevail against such pervasive social subjugation? The answer’s been here all along.
I learned it 36 years ago, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., standing with Dr. Martin Luther King and two hundred thousand people.
You simply ... disobey.
Peaceably, aye. Respectfully, of course. Nonviolently, absolutely.
But when told how to think or what to say or how to behave, we don’t. We disobey social protocol that stifles and stigmatizes personal freedom.
www.rightwingnews.com/speeches/heston.php