Do I Really Have To Say It?

adforme: I believe we should all express ourselves as respectfully as possible to all people, but I also think that the idea of political correctness goes too far sometimes. I for one get sick and tired of these politicians who speak their minds and when someone objects, the politician is made to feel like he or she needs to make public apologies. The fact is that every opinion or statement made by any person is going to be thought of as offensive to someone. I think we should all be able to state our opinions without fear of facing public disgrace for offending someone else. This is why people are loosing their backbone. For example, look at the statements made by Dan Cathy. The man said that the Chick Fil A chain was founded on biblical princples of marriage and that they were grateful to be married to their first wives. Gay people had a fit and accused of being discriminatory. There was no gay-bashing in these statements. Notice that divorced people did not make accussaions and try to cause difficulties for the business. I was very glad to see that Mr. did not retract his statements and very proud that the Christian people stuck by him. It is ridiculous that people are not free in this country to voice their opinions. I think the only way to solve this problem of political correctness is for every person to refuse to back down. We have a right to say what we think and feel and should not be made to feel the need to apologize when someone else feels upset by what we have said. True there are people who are high profile and they make a living out of being contraversial, but most people do not set out to be hateful, disrespectful, or cruel to others when they share their opinions. Instead of condemning those opinions that we disagree with, maybe we need to concentrate on having reasonable discussions and debates to gain understanding into our differences. I get so tired of being labeled as a an idiot, puppet, and other derrogatory things because I am a Christian and hold beliefs that society in general doesn't seem to share to the extent that it once did. I think people need to have the courage to share, live, and stick by their convictions regardless of what other people think.