Political Correctness.What do we call ourselves and what does it mean?

Political correctness: What do we call ourselves and what does it mean? 

 

As your friendly Radical Agnostic Blind Man, I would remind us all that Party labels are meaningless in this world of confusion. 

We should be exploring ideas, not waving badges.  Regardless of how we vote we need to know why.  And in that we will never agree with one another 100% of the time.  But respecting one another is the first big step toward building a new, better world. 

My people were Working Class folk, My grandparents on both sides were Bible Belt, Abraham Lincoln Republicans.  But the label didn't matter.  They all understood the struggle they and their people were in.  They stood tall with the working men and women.  Oh sure, my grandpa Ludwig dreamed of coming up with some clever scheme and striking it rich.  But in the meantime he joined the Grange and gathered with other small businessmen in protest of the high handed treatment by the railroad barons.  And yes, my grandmother Jarvis voted for Hoover and honestly believed that the rich would trickle money down from the top to the poor.  But while she was waiting she began a neighborhood committee to clean up the garbage and keep an eye on the children playing stick ball in the alley. 

We blind folks had best figure out who we are going to stand with.  Party lines aside, who is out to do us dirt?  Who is most likely to back us in a fight? 

Frankly, I am full up to here with labels and tags.  And I'm fed up with name calling.  That is what will destroy us if we can't practice a little respect. 

 

Respectfully yours Curious Carl