“Sweet Home Alabama” Officially Becomes a Thought Crime It was only a matter of time. Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic song “Sweet Home Alabama” has been designated a thought crime: The Chicago Police Department says it will discipline an officer who played “Sweet Home Alabama” over a police-cruiser loudspeaker during a march protesting police treatment of African Americans. The song is considered an anthem to Southern pride but some interpreted his playing of the song during Saturday’s march as racially insensitive. “Racially insensitive” means subject to censorship in the name of political correctness, so don’t expect to keep hearing this classic played on the radio. The department says in a statement that the officer maintained he played the song because he is a University of Alabama fan. But the department says it can’t condone an act considered “disruptive or disrespectful” to protesters or residents. The protests inspired by the media-driven, government-encouraged Michael Brown/Eric Garner spectacle have featured mobs of thugs assaulting police officers and chanting “What do we want? Dead cops!” Good thing they aren’t disruptive or disrespectful. Anything reminding liberals of the South is a now a potential thought crime.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:03:13 +0000
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