So FOX and FOX's Glenn Beck have made themselves the official enforcers of 9/11 grief.
I guess the question is: Should 9/11 be an official holiday? And if not, what is the politically correct way to observe 9/11, if at all?
Make no mistake: if 9/11 is not going to be an official holiday, then we're talking about political correctness -- only it's a form of PC that most PC-haters have no problem with.
I mean, look at FOX's silly story below, criticizing Google for not commemorating 9/11 on its search engine. Never mind that Google, a private business, markets itself to the entire world as quirky, fun, non-political, and global, not as solemnly patriotic and American. No, the 9/11 police are having none of it. Google must conform.
So let's take a poll, or have a referendum, or ask our Congress to vote yea/nay on making 9/11 an official holiday. Because I, for one, don't like unofficial, politically correct holidays. Nor do I like creating official holidays, like MLK's birthday, which most Americans do not care to observe. What's the point of forcing it on people? MLK was a great man, but too many Americans don't think his greatness merits a government holiday. Likewise, 9/11 was a great tragedy, but I don't see many Americans doing anything special to commemorate 9/11, so why should prominent businesses and public figures be held to a higher standard of "grief conformity"? These forced public displays remind me of the USSR and Red China.
It's not like we're going to forget 9/11 happened. Right?
Google Ignores 9/11 as Other Search Engines Commemorate Solemn Anniversary
September 11, 2009 | FOXNews
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