Don't PC me!

I have always disliked the term "Politically Correct."  I don't think this term has a true assigned meaning any more.  After all, politicians tend to be liars and rarely correct.  In debate, politically correct takes on multiple meanings; to be correct, would imply a right answer in a discussion regarding opinion.  Debate also requires proper use of language in terms of being politically correct; I certainly would not use the N-word in a political debate! (Or, at all, for that matter!)  Our language has also been distorted by being "PC". English is commonly misused in an attempt to be PC that most no longer know the true meanings of words.  Even our sense of humor has been destroyed by PC terms and uses. How is this really a country for Freedom of Speech, if our speech has become so filtered that discussion becomes lost in a sea of half truths?

I am a Left Libertarian….what is that?

I don't know why, but I have this insatiable thirst to understand myself.  It sounds a little odd, as I read that back...but, whatever!   In the political sphere, I suppose we all need reassurance from time to time as to where we fall and why.  After getting no sleep last night, I was sitting here this morning contemplating what to write about.  I must have gotten bored surfing the internet and found myself on openpolitics.ca.  I decided to take their test and find out where I am on the spectrum, from their opinion.  So, I answered all 60 questions in trying to figure out where my ever "evolving" point of view now lies on the political spectrum.  

To my sheer terror, my result came up that I am an Independence Democrat!  What??? I am SO far off from a Democrat.  Just seeing that word appear sent a shiver up my spine; had I been Chris Wallace, it would have been up my leg... I about fell out of my chair.  I also contemplated throwing my computer out the window, but I like my Mac so I decided against it.  I was just about to close out the browser when the thought occurred to me; maybe I should read all the other crap, and not just the label given.  After all, in today's world, we have a LOT of political terms misused; God knows, I misuse them in the traditional sense.  Hmmm, another idea to write about....but, I digress.  As I began to read about being an Independence Democrat, I realized that it was pretty close to what I thought of myself.