On this day in 1999 Charlton Heston gave a speech on the topic Winning the Cultural War at the Harvard Law School Forum. <\/p>\n
Here is an excerpt: <\/p>\n
Ive come to understand that a cultural war is raging across our land, in which, with Orwellian fervor, certain accepted thoughts and speech are mandated. <\/p>\n
For example, I marched for civil rights with Dr. King in 1963 and long before Hollywood found it acceptable, I may say. But when I told an audience last year that white pride is just as valid as black pride or red pride or anyone elses pride, they called me a racist. <\/p>\n
Ive worked with brilliantly talented homosexuals all my life throughout my whole career. But when I told an audience that gay rights should extend no further than your rights or my rights, I was called a homophobe. <\/p>\n
I served in World War II against the Axis powers. But during a speech, when I drew an analogy between singling out the innocent Jews and singling out innocent gun owners, I was called an anti-Semite. <\/p>\n
Everyone I know knows I would never raise a closed fist against my country. But when I asked an audience to oppose this cultural persecution Im talking about, I was compared to Timothy McVeigh. <\/p>\n
From Time magazine to friends and colleagues, theyre essentially saying, Chuck, how dare you speak your mind like that. You are using language not authorized for public consumption. <\/p>\n
But I am not afraid. If Americans believed in political correctness, wed still be King Georges boys subjects bound to the British crown. <\/p>\n
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