Politically correct commissars today – in the media, at school, on the job – demand that we not notice the race of wrongdoers even when the images are seen with our own eyes.
This Christmas season there have been numerous riots over Air Jordans, fights in the food court, and other low stakes conflict. This may not exactly be new, but it seems a little worse this year. People go to malls to relax, shop, and enjoy themselves. They’re clean, self-contained, and generally orderly environments. But if too many unemployed and thuggish kids begin to hang around, things begin to go south fast. People with money looking to shop–mostly women, moms, couples–just won’t go there anymore. I’ve seen it happen to malls near where I’ve lived after they became hangouts for losers.One of the most important requirements of a human being is to live in accordance with the truth and to speak the truth. There is something degrading about not being able to say what is happening and, instead, to say what one knows is not true.