What's the harm in forcing your opinion or the opinion of a faction onto everyone else?

Over and over we are hearing about how one group or another is fighting for their rights, beliefs, or agendas. Some factions are encouraging the burning of buildings, defacement of property, rioting, shutting down of highways due to demonstrations, changing names of locations all in the name of getting their point across. We should stand up for the person or persons, who for whatever reason cannot stand up for themselves but when those persons begin defining who we are by force it becomes a problem. Politicians are being forced to go against their morals and beliefs to appease a small portion of the population. They are no longer representing the majority. This is a serious problem when elected officials no longer represent the majority. When people are afraid to speak out because they are afraid of retribution. When we are force fed the issues and told we must accept their desires because to go against it 'is not politically correct'. Are you afraid of not being politically correct? Has this term been used to hold us hostage because no one wants to be the person who went against the noble cause of 'political correctness' because it will mean political death?

History has always been one of my favorite interests. I don't want the history of the U.S. rewritten, I don't want the names of locations changed, I don't want monuments removed... these things are important, it is important that we remember, that we reflect on our flaws, as well as our perfections. It is important that we don't forget.

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