{"id":8,"date":"2010-06-28T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godscomic\/2010\/06\/x-stands-for-political-correctness.html"},"modified":"2010-06-28T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-28T00:05:00","slug":"x-stands-for-political-correctness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godscomic\/2010\/06\/x-stands-for-political-correctness.html","title":{"rendered":"X stands for Political Correctness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\">If you haven&#8217;t picked up on it yet,<br \/>\nI despise political correctness. Those of us on the &#8220;annihilate PC before it<br \/>\nkills us&#8221; campaign become so trained in its intricacies that we see elements of<br \/>\nit everywhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\">One of the earliest forms of PC by<br \/>\nthose of us sophisticated enough to discern it was the letter X. If you think<br \/>\nabout it the letter X never needed to exist. Once it was invented and tried out<br \/>\nfor a while it was obvious that the letter was just there for a handout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\">The only two sounds &#8220;X&#8221; makes are<br \/>\nsounds already made by other letters. The &#8220;X&#8221; sound combines soft e with k + s<br \/>\nso that &#8220;exit&#8221; actually should be spelled &#8220;eksit&#8221;. Thus saving us one more<br \/>\nletter to memorize and getting greater value out of far more useful letters,<br \/>\nwhich is good for the environment and cuts down on greenhouse gasses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\">Don&#8217;t be fooled &#8220;X&#8221; was well aware<br \/>\nof its uselessness, which became abundantly clear after the last letter Z was<br \/>\nintroduced. Suddenly, out of the blue X decided it wanted <b>that<\/b> sound too, so now if you wanted a word like zylophone, it<br \/>\nshould be spelled Xylophone which just goes to show what pathetic ends X will<br \/>\ngo to appear to be valuable by leeching off of others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\">Of course anyone arguing with this absurd<br \/>\n&#8220;Who are we to tell X what he can sound like&#8221; concept would be immediately<br \/>\nbranded a letter-aphobe and sued for &#8220;X&#8221; amount of dollars. (Which is where we<br \/>\ngot the concept of &#8220;X&#8221; suddenly representing <i>any<\/i> and <b>every<\/b> letter <b>OR<\/b> number, which is what happens when<br \/>\nwe let the least efficient oppress the most efficient in the name of<br \/>\ntolerance).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\">You see PC teaches us that you no<br \/>\nlonger have to persuade the majority to agree with your position (Democracy)<br \/>\nbut only have to yell and scream a lot about others being &#8220;intolerant&#8221; and &#8220;mean-spirited&#8221;<br \/>\nand &#8220;hurting your feelings&#8221; and &#8220;emotions&#8221; and &#8220;self esteem&#8221; and giving you a &#8220;tummy<br \/>\nache&#8221;. The reason X eksists is because someone wasn&#8217;t courageous enough to<br \/>\nstand-alone and shout to the world &#8221; Hey everyone, X is naked!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\">What we don&#8217;t need is the other<br \/>\nletters standing up and deciding that they will no longer be trapped in the box<br \/>\n&#8220;society&#8221; has made for them. If X can sound like Z for no reason then why can&#8217;t<br \/>\nZ say that every time you go to the dentist they give you a &#8220;Z-ray&#8221; which you<br \/>\ncan make a copy of on the Zerox machine, or make that zeroz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\">Nothing changes in society until<br \/>\npeople stand up for what is right and true regardless of the consequences from<br \/>\nthe fascist PC elite and their religion of dominance by extortion. Follow me folks,<br \/>\nheck I&#8217;ll lead the charge. When I see a letter acting up and using other<br \/>\nletters sounds, I&#8217;ll be the first to fend of its evil advances&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\">Don&#8217;t even get me started on C!<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t picked up on it yet, I despise political correctness. Those of us on the &#8220;annihilate PC before it kills us&#8221; campaign become so trained in its intricacies that we see elements of it everywhere. 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From his Nashville stronghold, Stine is mounting his crusade against these hypocrisies, all of which are explored in his highly anticipated 4th album\/DVD, aptly titled \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWUSSIFICATION!' \"You know what offends me?... Offended people,\" says Stine. A staunch supporter of first amendment rights and foe of political correctness, Stine asserts that rights should be universally applied. \"In a country with guaranteed rights to freedom of religion, its citizens are constantly trying to make faith in public spheres illegal, I am offended by that contradiction and want to talk about it as a comic.\" The strength of his conviction about our freedoms can be found in many places on WUSSIFICATION \u00e2\u20ac\u201c from \"Merry Christmas Too!\" (the right to celebrate religion) to \"At Least We're Not France!\" (the responsibility to take action as a country) to \"Spank\" (the ability to discipline our children the way we see fit). 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He is an excellent writer that has endured for decades.\" More current comedic touchstones are Brian Reagan, Paula Poundstone, Jim Gaffigan and Monty Python, among others. 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