Dumbing Down Pride

I am sure I am not alone in being annoyed by the "Proud Parent" bumper stickers. I'm proud of my kids too, but I don't need to advertise it on my car. Get a blog for Pete's sake! :)

But worse is how the threshold of pride keeps dropping. It used to be "Proud Parent of an Honor Student at Lincoln High". Now it's things like "My Kid is a Good Citizen at Lincoln High".

This is the same sort of self-esteem garbage we see constantly from the misguided school system. You can't say someone is "better" because it will hurt the feelings of others. So, there are no "winners" only "participants".

But where does this end? Let's fast forward through a few years of political correctness...

My Kid is a Good Citizen at Lincoln High -- implies a value in citizenry, which implies loyalty to some contrived system

My Kid is a Human Being at Lincoln High -- what about non-humans? Animals? Aliens? Non-humans are people too!

My Kid is an Person at Lincoln High -- better, but still might offend some aliens

My Kid is an Entity at Lincoln High -- yeah...except for the "kid" part, that is still too human

My Offspring is an Entity at Lincoln High -- but that could be offensive to the infertile

The Organic Organism in My Care is an Entity at Lincoln High -- Could be offensive to robots and cyborgs

An Object in My Care is an Entity at Lincoln High -- not bad

Really fills you with pride, doesn't it.