Political correctness rules the day
Fair warning — take off your drawers before you read this, because you’re gonna get ‘em in a wad.
The Bible (yes, I invoked that book that so many love to hate, and worse, pervert) says in Isaiah that what’s good will be called evil and vice versa. Having just read the numerous letters to the editor excoriating Tim Adams for his response to a Daily Interlake article, I wish I could keep silent, but the hate and judgment of those letters demands a rebuttal. Those letters do just what the book of Isaiah was predicting. It’s very scary that we live in a time when political correctness rules the day, and I’m saddened that the Interlake editor is considering changing policy just to appease the easily offended.
Personally, I didn’t see the need in the Interlake article in the first place. Nor did I see the need to show the front page picture of the rabbi making his political and religious statement in the Fair Parade. Be that as it may, it was deemed of sufficient public interest to warrant a story. Since that’s the case, it also was fair game for a response. Tim Adams provided a response. I didn’t feel any hate coming from him, just a saddness and indignation at what this world is turning into. Though he and I share the same last name, I don’t know him (no relation) and can’t read his mind. But his opinion is certainly as valid as the multiple opinions in opposition. Some people think that his opinion is so extreme and religious that it shouldn’t be allowed in a public forum. Others think that his traditional Christian view is outdated. It’s still a valid opinion, and trying to shut him out of the conversation only shows the very lack of tolerance and diversity that so many supposed progressives vent against. I’m constantly amazed at the obvious double standard of those that preach peace, love, and tolerance while doing their best to stifle anyone that opposes them. I support Adams’ right to voice his opinion as much as I do those that disagreed. Reading all the letters today was enlightening and sobering. I see how people have sold their proverbial souls to the devil in the name of love. The eighty year old gay minister who perverted the bible to make himself feel better is a prime example. The eight reverends and rabbis who signed one editorial are another. As the bible says in 2 Timothy 4:3, people will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions. That’s what these people are doing, and it’s entirely disingenuous for them to claim that they’re not trying to use the bible to push their distorted opinions on others.
I could go on, but here’s the bottom line: People need to grow a thicker skin and quit looking for reasons to be offended. You don’t like my opinion, and I don’t like yours. You would love to be able to change my mind, and I’d love to be able to sway yours. It probably isn’t going to happen, but we both have a right to try. It doesn’t mean I don’t like you. It doesn’t mean we can’t live in the same area or work together. I meet people nearly every day that I’m guessing don’t share my opinion on something, but I think they’re fine people. Unfortunately, there are those out there that are constantly looking to be offended so they can push their agenda. They’re looking for a fight. Those are the real haters.
Doug Adams is a resident of Whitefish.