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Hooray! “Bigotry” is Dead!

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When is the last time you heard someone use the term “bigot?”

Defined as “a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices,” you would think that in today’s hostile social environment, people would be hurling the “bigot” title at each other like mashed potatoes in a food fight. But strangely, they don’t. Nobody is just a “bigot” anymore, because anybody who displays prejudice against anything or anyone is now labeled a “racist.”  It is a misuse of the term.

“Racist” is defined as “a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.”  Unfortunately, these days “race” is used to describe any arbitrary grouping, at the discretion of anyone with an axe to grind.  After creating a new “race,” anybody who disparages your arbitrary group can legitimately be labeled “racist.”

Look out! Wacists!

Have prejudice against illegal immigrants? You’re a Racist! Against people from Somalia? Racist! Against people who kneel to pray? Racist! Against liberals? Racist! Against left-handed herniated Hopi Indians? Racist!

Calling a person a racist has lost a lot of its delicious invective bite, having been effectively killed by unrestrained liberal hyperbole.  Pretty soon they will need to create a whole new term to really insult someone.

On the brighter side, “bigotry” now appears to be officially dead in America.  It’s about time.

The All Alone Star State

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The state of Texas recently came to the aid of the Trump administration in the legal free-for-all surrounding the president’s executive order temporarily barring refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The Texas attorneys argued in a “friend of the court” filing that Trump was well within his constitutional authority to preclude certain foreign nationals from entering the country while officials reassess the vetting procedures applicable to issuing travel visas.
Texas is the only state so far to jump into the fray for Trump, while twenty some-odd other states have taken the opposing side.
Remember the Alamo? They lost that one, too.

General Misappropriation

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The U.S. Army says Former Maj. General Ronald Lewis will be demoted and retire as a brigadier general after he used a government credit card to pay for bills at strip clubs in Rome and South Korea.
Lewis had previously reached the three-star rank of lieutenant general, but he was demoted to major general (two stars) more than a year ago after an investigation uncovered that Lewis had misused a government credit card and had become involved in an extramarital relationship.
Now Lewis will be further bumped down to brigadier general (one star) because he charged the government for his visits to the strip clubs, made false statements and “engaged in conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman on multiple occasions.” Your tax dollars at work, eh?
“What do you mean you won’t take American Express?”

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