If I am being ‘politically correct’; should I tell you what I think, or what I think you want to hear? Should I be popular or accountable?
Does it mean we should be green-eyed, cheating liars?
- I ‘love the environment’, as I jet-set to another extravagant summit.
- I ‘love my wife and family’, but ‘I made a mistake’.
- I woo the ‘common man’, to live like a king.
Now, not all politicians are to be painted with this brush; but enough abnormalities exist to wonder what criteria would encompass ‘political correctness’? Politicians can ‘get in’ by majority and serve a minority; as the political correct dictionary grows daily with each societal whine.
As we call to mind their follies, maybe we should look at them in light of the way we view scandals in the Church. The Church stands for truth and moral guidance while the parishioners and clergy still fail at it (sin). In theory the political system should give us some guidelines, while the politicians and public fail being correct. Since there is no ‘Church Correctness’ permitted in the public square; the statement of being ‘politically correct’ should also be challenged.
Does more transparency produce evasiveness? An ‘open door policy’ that beckons constituents to enter the front door, while the politician escapes out the back door seems transparent to some.
In the end, we get the leadership that we deserve. The political leadership seems to reflect the sins of society as we get a taste of our own medicine.
Perhaps it is time to erase the paradoxically incongruent phrase called ‘politically correct’ and replace it with ‘political persuasion’ or ‘political agenda’ because there is not much ‘correct’ about politics these days!
