PC never names evil

By Bonnie Alba

Grief and mourning continues at Virginia Tech and will for a long time. Two events were held on Tuesday at Virginia Tech. One was a candlelight vigil that evening which ended with half the crowd singing "Amazing Grace" and the other half hurraying Virginia Tech.

At the earlier memorial, as reported by World Net Daily, the first prayer came from an Imam praying to Allah, quoting from the Quran. Add to the mix, a Buddhist leader who declared that mankind is basically "Good." What planet would that be? Next was a so-called Christian representative who advocated "getting on with the healing process and how everyone needs to come together...." There was a Jewish leader who mentioned God and quoted "There is a time for everything" from Ecclesiastics.

Then there was Pres. Bush. He actually called on God in his message to the students and staff, but he was overshadowed by the others. He spoke of a "loving God" with the usual "God bless you...may His love touch all of those who suffer and grieve." Also, "...We lift them up in our prayers, and we ask a loving God to comfort those who are suffering."

The Virginia Tech administration jumped from the slaughter to the "healing process." What? Due to Political Correctness (PC), we have a instantaneous healing process. The "shock" hasn't even worn off the minds and hearts of those involved. It's almost as if everyone is saying "Let's get the healing process over with so we can return to business."

This is a false process. It used to be called is the "grieving process" which includes mourning, but don't forget anger. Ask anyone who has grieved for a loved one or gone through a just or unjust event in their lives. Grief doesn't happen and go away. Healing comes "only" with time, sometimes many years, and only through the grieving process.

I hear commentators and the written media expressing the PC "tragedy" of this "sad" event. I beg to differ. Tragedy is when a national disaster occurs such as Hurricane Katrina or major earthquakes which destroy and kill many. Americans are so used to the watered-down words of PC and tolerance that we no longer name anything what it really is, E-V-I-L.

Even the "War against Islamic Terrorism" has been reduced to "War against Terrorism." The identity of mankind's enemy and their philosophy has been stripped from the war.

PC, tolerance and multiculturalism have led us down a false road of nondiscrimination against the evils of our times. Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh noted that political correctness prevents people from recognizing and protecting themselves against evil. He is right.

When are we going to recapture our sense of discrimination against evil? Our outrage against evil? Is it good to ignore, to call some event a "unfortunate tragedy," to call the perpetrator a "victim" of whatever people come up with for excuses for immoral and evil behavior?

Despite all the rhetoric and expert posturing on psychotic episodes and depression, etc., this person, Cho, chose his path, decided he liked darkness rather than light, evil over good. Was he kind? He chose to plan the bloody slaughter of many and seek his own death. An Evil act. The perpetrator was evil. His murder of students and staff was evil. This was not a "tragedy" but a crime. Not good, not moral, not godly behavior. It was a crime of darkness.

We also ignore, to our peril, the long American historical acceptance of God's Providence on our nation, held in common as short as 60 years ago, now only mentioned obliquely. Nowhere was this nondiscrimination and PC more apparent than at this memorial. While there was no official representation of the evangelical Christian community present at the memorials, God was there through the millions of prayers lifted to God.

We need to get rid of all this "political correctness." Start calling acts, behaviors and events what they really are — criminal, immoral and Evil. Softening these events will not extinguish evil and immoral acts. Teaching our children to stand still while they are slaughtered instead of fighting back is also from the PC appeasers who strive on being sensitive to everyone. Ask them what they would have done with a gun in their face.

We need to critically read and listen to the news and happenings. Look at the words used and before long you will recognize when PC volcabulary wins out over truth and facts.

Americans, it's time to start your own "anti-political correctness movement" right where you are!

© Bonnie Alba