Censorship Envy

Prof. Volokh wrote an essay awhile ago about the phenomena of censorship envy. Recently he applied that to the trouble Europe is having with its Muslim populations and how censorship envy plays a part in the desires of the Muslim activists to have their narrowly interpreted cultural precepts become enforceable law for all Europeans (with the implied, and sometimes explicit threat of violence should Europe fail to comply).

Well, bad ideas spread like viruses.

A case of textbook censorship envy has spread to the Hindu community in California.

Kurup has joined other Hindus in a campaign urging the state Board of Education to correct those portrayals in new sixth-grade history textbooks, which will come under review by a board committee today. They have requested changes involving passages on women's rights, the caste system, the origins of Hinduism and the nature of the divine, among other things.

One requested change, for instance, would say women had "different" rights than men, not fewer.

PC knows no bounds. PC demands that all faiths and cultures be equally good, even when they aren't. Hinduism has its mysteries and wonders, but it did/does have a caste system, it did/does denigrate women, and to say otherwise is to deny reality.

CAIR has been exceedingly successful in whitewashing all mentions of anything bad about Islam within California textbooks, so it's perfectly natural for Hindus to want to do the same. Ridiculous as it may be.

Now Christians should stand up and demand all references to Inquisitions or Witch Trials be expunged as not being representative of how the church is practiced today. The Japanese should refuse to allow any textbooks that mention Pearl Harbor, unless it refers to it as a 'pre-emptory defensive foray' to secure its rightful access to needed resources. History books are full of maligned groups that should be better 'understood' and put into a better 'context'.

Clearly the only bad folks to have ever walked the earth are wealthy white Americans of Anglo/German/Nordic descent, all others are merely misread and must have their records rectified to reflect the more enlightened realities that have been discovered by the various grievance groups looking to set the records straight (though I hope not to offend anyone in the non-straight communities, I use the word straight in the most inclusive way possible).