tipping point

In a recent correspondence, where I indicated that the country may be reaching a tipping point when it comes to confidence in government and the way people see their government a minor incident has arisen that may in some small way illustrate the point. There is a TV show called, “Duck Dynasty” which I have never seen but it is involved in a controversy regarding political correctness and free speech. One of the stars of this show during a news type interview expressed his personal views on homosexuality and he was removed from his TV show. There has been a back lash and it appears that the free speech side may win the day. This is only the latest in a series of similar events over the past several years where this sort of back lash has won the day. This is just the opposite of what was happening say five or ten year ago. It falls into a larger category of what people refer to as attacks on Christianity. There was a time not that long ago that any criticism of gays was considered intolerant but now the thinking is that a person has the right to express their personal beliefs even if they do not approve of the gay life style. The freedom of speech argument seems to be winning over the political correctness argument and that is a tipping point.