{"id":26368,"date":"2015-08-28T08:32:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T12:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26368"},"modified":"2015-08-28T08:32:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T12:32:50","slug":"political-correctness-meets-mental-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26368","title":{"rendered":"Political Correctness Meets Mental Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Political correctness has become acceptable in recent years. Television shows that we watched as children or young adults would not be allowed on the air today. I loved the show “WKRP<\/a>,” but I doubt that show would be allowed on the air today because of the stereotypes of women, blacks, disc jockeys, newscasters, etc. However, it was a very entertaining show because of the way the characters were drawn. It was not meant to offend any one group of people–it simply laughed at who we all are.<\/p>\n

So what happens when a person who is mentally ill decides to take political correctness to its limit?<\/p>\n

The New York Post<\/a> posted a story today about the recent killing of a newswoman and a news cameraman in Virginia. The story is a clear illustration of political correctness run amok. The story also illustrates what happens when a disturbed person decides to be offended by something that is not meant to be offensive or that most of us would not consider offensive.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The words are a part of everyday conversation \u2014 \u201cswinging\u201d by an address and going out in the \u201cfield.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

But in the twisted mind of Virginia<\/a> gunman Vester Lee Flanagan II, they were pure racism \u2014 and saying them became a death sentence for Alison Parker<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 24-year-old white reporter, who was murdered on live TV along with her cameraman,<\/a> used the phrases as an intern at \u00adWDBJ TV in Roanoke in 2012, according to an internal complaint filed by Flanagan, who was black.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOne was something about \u2018swinging\u2019 by some place; the other was out in the \u2018field,\u2019\u2009\u201d said the Jan. 21 report by assistant news director Greg Baldwin<\/a>, which refers to Parker as Alison Bailey (her middle name).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article goes on to explain that Flanagan interpreted out in the ‘field’ as a reference to cotton fields. In his twisted mind, that was a racist<\/a> statement.<\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis guy was a nightmare,\u201d Fair (Trevor Fair, a 33-year-old cameraman at WDBJ for six years) said. \u201cManagement\u2019s worst nightmare.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flanagan assumed everything was a jab at his race,<\/a> even when a manager brought in watermelon for all employees.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, he thought that was racist. He was like, \u2018You\u2019re doing that because of me.\u2019 No, the general manager brought in watermelon for the entire news team. He\u2019s like, \u2018Nope, this is out for me. You guys are calling me out because I\u2019m black.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flanagan even declared that \u00ad7-Eleven was racist because it sold watermelon-flavored Slurpees<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a coincidence, they\u2019re racist,\u201d he allegedly told Fair.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

How do you deal with a person who is constantly offended by the world around him? Do you refer him for mental testing? Do you put him on some sort of watch list? It seems to me that Flanagan was going to explode at some time. It is a shame that explosion could not have been prevented (without infringing on his civil rights).<\/p>\n

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