Rant #2,363: It's the End of the World As We Know It

Diversity, in its basic application, is a good thing.

It allows everyone to participate, everyone to get a chance, everyone to feel that they belong.

However, in current times, diversity has been twisted by the PC Police and their followers to mean, well, inclusion leading to exclusion.

if you want to include certain groups of people in a certain situation, yet you only include them because of their race, ethnic background, or beliefs--and not on their talent--then you are excluding those who really should be there, and you are doing it because of the wrong reasons.

The current incident that I am going to talk about is not that extreme by any measure, but it just goes to show that the tentacles of the PC Police are everywhere--and if they can do it here in this particular instance, their wrath can infect other things that are much, much more important.

The annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is one of the largest selling magazines of the year, featuring one beautiful model after another being human mannequins for the latest swimwear.

And yes, they show plenty of skin, and let's be honest about it, that is what sells the publication, Few care about the swimsuits, they want to see who is in them and what amount of skin they are showing.

For the latest edition of this publication, someone believed it was a good thing to allow the PC Police to guide them in their choice of models and swimwear, and thus, the very tenet of this publication has been destroyed, as diversity--or at least the current definition of it--has reared its ugly head in this sophomoric publication.

Somali-American Model Halima Aden is included in the issue, and wears a hijab and burkini in her photos in the magazine.

This is about as sexy as watching your fingernails grow, and really, the only reason her photo is in the publication is for shock value.

She is completely covered up, less her face, which I am surprised they did not try to cover up too.

And beyond the shock value, what is the purpose of this?

Look, I am not comparing this to people being excluded from a position because they do not fit the current color/background/ethnicity of the moment, but it is, once again, pushing a political agenda where it shouldn't be pushed.

This is not the latest style, and I doubt anyone but women who follow the Muslim faith will be running out and getting such swim attire for themselves, so really, what are you selling here?

No, this is not Kate Upton, that's for sure!

And I also find it hilarious, as well as sad, that Sports Illustrated is pushing a political agenda which is anti-women as well.

It is well known that in the Muslim world, women are treated as secondary citizens to men, and they are basically there to have children and little else.

Why are we pushing the inclusion of such thinking into our own, already diverse and forward thinking culture?

I have no idea, but I am sure plenty of people who normally will purchase this publication will pass on it now, and I am also sure that people who normally don't purchase this publication will do so this year just to have this issue in their possession.

So it really is a wash, but it is still disturbing.

I have never purchased the Sports Illustrated issue, and I am certainly not going to plunk down my hard earned money for the publication this time around.

As a very proud, full blooded American male, I find this shameful that something as non-political as models wearing swimsuits has been pushed into the political arena.

Everything is based on politics today, You can't do, see, or execute anything without an agenda being thrown into the mix.

Nobody has fun anymore, nobody can laugh at others and themselves anymore, nobody can relax and just sit back and take it all in.

Although minor in the grand scheme of things, Sports Illustrated allowing the PC Police into its swimsuit issue is simply another notch on the PC Police's holster, and it demonstrates that their reach--and their wrath--is widespread.

Enough already. We want real cheesecake.

We want to take back this publication to what it was, a leerer's delight.

Enough with this PC nonsense.

We want skin!

And more importantly, we want no agendas and no politics.

The two Kates--Upton and Smith--and the rest of the thinking and breathing on their own American public have had enough.

Like I said, enough already!