Hate the black folks.
And the black folks,
Hate the white folks
To hate all but the right folks
Is an old established rule....“Oh, the poor folks, hate the rich folks
And the rich folks hate the poor folks.
All of my folks hate all of your folks.
It’s American as apple pie...“Oh the Protestants hate the Catholics,
And the Catholics hate the Protestants;
The Hindus hate the Muslims
And everyone hates the Jews.”
I wonder if a social satirist like Lehrer could get away with poking the “woke” in today’s politically-correct world. And whatever happens next in the US, you can be sure that PC is bouncing back with a vengeance in the post-Trump administration. Bernie Sanders’ mittens notwithstanding, this is an era for kid gloves when it comes to sensitivities.“Stand up and shake the hand of/ Someone you can’t stand/ You can tolerate him if you try,” sang Lehrer. Today, he would probably be lambasted for using terminology that is not gender neutral and not bowing to preferred self-pronouns.At the beginning of the month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi passed new official language guidelines for the US House of Representatives, which go hand in glove with her Democratic outlook and attempts to keep progressives happy. Words like “himself” and “herself” will be replaced by “themself” and family ties will be less verbally binding as “father,” “mother,” “son,” “daughter,” “brother” and “sister” are swapped for “parent,” “child” and “sibling.”The guidelines are intended as a move toward inclusiveness, but there are other words for the phenomenon – “Thought control,” among them.It’s cold outside. And when the gloves come off, or the mittens unravel, it will not be a pretty picture or a memorable meme.liat@jpost.com