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A comprehensive look at a strained America: The 'obsequious culture'

PART 4: A STEP OFF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me ... well, maybe just a little ... no, wait ... they definitely hurt me.

Whether or not you voted for our current president, the greatest singular message that resonated with the American public, in my opinion, and likely the reason he was elected was the exaggerated vocalization of his antipathy towards “political correctness.”

Speak all you will about his promise to “build the wall” or the fact that he was a political outsider who was going to “drain the swamp.” This man was going to say all of the things you wouldn’t dare say,...