A Politically Correct Prophet

In a recent issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer, (July 1, 2008), columnist Chris Satullo wrote an article, "A Not So Glorious Fourth, U.S. Atrocities are Unworthy of our Heritage." In his article, Satullo cites, "Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo. CIA secret prisons. 'Rendition' of prisoners to foreign torture chambers." as "sins" not only of the U.S. but of the American people who have tolerated such torture, according to Satullo. Satullo intends to dump guilt on the American people and shame them into grieving, instead of celebrating, Independence Day. "So put out no flags. Sing no patriotic hymns. We deserve no Fourth this year. Let us atone, in quiet and humility," Satullo writes.

Satullo is a self-proclaimed prophet of political correctness. He elevates what is, at best, a controversial political issue into the status of a national sin. What moral superiority does Satullo think political correctness have to try and condemn the nation like a biblical prophet over such a partisan issue as terrorist torture?

I would like to see if Satullo is equally as condemnatory of the killing of the innocent unborn, for example, or the gradual rendering of marriage into a meaningless institution, or the pollution of the culture with pornography in the name of free speech, or the abandonment of the faith of our fathers by censoring God from public discourse, ("Let us spend the day truly studying the example of our Founders," writes Satullo, referring to politics, not faith.)

What a lame and pathetic call Satullo makes! Political Correctness has nothing to offer! Satullo is borrowing from the theism that they are trying to supress in order to buttress the flaccid ideology of liberalism.

Lord, please send us a true prophet like Elijah.