Common Sense v. Political Correctness

Published on: 16th October, 2009

A small ship with 20 passengers is shipwrecked on a deserted island – 10 of whom are conservative, 10 are liberal – let’s observe the difference in the probable behavior of each group.

The 10 liberals sit on the beach, whining and shivering and trying to appoint blame for the accident. But because 7 of the shipwrecked castaways are black, none of them is even considered to blame – due to their skin color. They cannot possibly be to blame, because they are black. So the liberals, once through whining and shivering and pointing fingers, decide to form a commission – to hold discussions about who among them need the most help – of course, they can reach no conclusion, and decided to adjourn the meeting until the next morning. At 11:00am, they assemble again, and begin to discuss equal rights. They decide that the 4 blacks among their group should be compensated in some way, because they are black.

The the sexual orientation of the group’s members takes center stage, and it is decided that that they should all embrace diversity. Despite evidence of pirates in the area, the liberal group makes no plans for defense, and instead decides to redistribute the pieces of wreckage, giving the black members of the group most of the spoils of the wreckage, because they are black. Then the group decides to recess and all take a nap. Upon awakening, they decide to hold a vote to determine who among them should be their leader. However, since the black members of the group represent the largest voting block within the group, they insist that the leader be black. The decry racism at the same time. The irony is totally lost on the entire group. The election is held, and a white group member wins – he of course is the member who pandered most blatantly to the black block. He decides the first order of business should be to assess the group’s emotional needs.

The group participates in a group hug. They agree unanimously to adopt Political Correctness as their charter – and henceforth the group must use group-approved language to communicate with each other. By now, several days have gone by, and he group is beginning to get hungry. But since 3 members of the group are ardent PETA advocates, the group decides that they can only eat plants. So they decide to scale coconut trees to gather coconuts – however, the must first hold a meeting to decide who should actually climb the trees to reach the coconuts. Political Correctness must be considered in reaching this decision. So, the group decides that it would be racist to expect any of the black members to climb the trees – and since all 6 white members of the group suffer from a fear of heights, that leaves no one to climb the trees for coconuts. So the group decides to focus on a plan to accommodate the comfort of the pirates, should they attack the group.

By this time, the group is getting weak from hunger, and desperate for fresh water. Rationing is considered, but of course, any rationing must take place under the guidelines of Political Correctness. So the black members of the group are first in pecking order – then come the homosexual members, and then the white women, and lastly, white men. Again, the irony is lost on the group that it’s female members are all radical feminists who subscribe to the view that women need men like a fish needs a bicycle.

The liberal group has accomplished nothing in days – they are hungry, thirsty, weak – but they steadfastly hold to their Political Correctness policy. They concern themselves with the comfort of any attacking pirates, and they smugly agree that, despite their weakened state, they have done everything in accordance with Political Correctness. Eventually, they all die – lack of fresh water does them in – they begin to drop like flies during another meeting to discuss the merits of their established pecking order.

The conservative group, upon landing on the island, organize into several small groups, each one assigned a specific task to complete – gather wood for shelter, fish for food, search for fresh water – they list their priorities in terms of food and shelter and water, and they accomplish their goals. No one ever mentions skin color, sexual orientation, political correctness – they just work hard as a team to survive. They know there are pirates in the area, and they prepare defenses in case of attack. They gather enough wood to build a large fire to be spotted by search and rescue teams. They’re fat, happy, content, and they all get along – even the 3 black members of the group – because the group is color blind and focused on surviving and thriving and protection from the elements and the pirates.  Their group is ruled by common sense. They did not have any group hugs, any meetings, any discussions of pecking order, and no concern whatsoever for the comfort of the pirates. The fire they built is spotted by a search plane, they are all rescued, and they remain friends for life.

The moral of the story:

Common sense trumps political correctness in all endeavors!

The question is, in which group would you rather be included?

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