Sean Ono Lennon is speaking out against political correctness. The only child of John Lennon and Yoko Ono took to Twitter to point out the hypocrisy of the left’s modern-day culture war.
This isn’t he first time that Sean has spoken out against the far left.
Last year, he confronted rioters who tore down statues.
He uses his large following on Twitter to get his opinions out and it often makes him a target of extremists.
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Witnessed Political Correctness Being Invented
Sean Lennon remembered when there was “zero political correctness.” He saw it being invented as he was coming of age.
He believes politically correct culture war has made things worse.
“When I was young ppl used to say racist s— about Asians around me all the time and then be like ‘Oh sorry! But you’re not reeeally Asian so…’ and I think they sincerely thought that would make me feel better,” the younger Lennon tweeted. “I’m not exactly sure why I brought that up but I think it’s because I want to say that I grew up in a time when there was zero political correctness.”
When I was young ppl used to say racist shit about Asians around me all the time and then be like ‘Oh sorry! But you’re not reeeally Asian so…’ and I think they sincerely thought that would make me feel better. I’m not exactly sure why I brought that up but I think…
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 23, 2021
…it’s because I want to say that I grew up in a time when there was zero political correctness. I literally saw political correctness being invented right in front of me (at certain schools) and then distributed and eventually enforced as a mindset and ideology. I want to say..
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 23, 2021
It seems he has come to believe the concept has “failed” to lead to a better society and even made “matters worse by creating bigger unforeseen problems.”
The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
“The road to hell is paved w good intentions,” he continued in the thread. “We’ve been trying this kind of morality policing for a while now & I would posit things are arguably getting worse. Race relations seem to be in the middle of a ‘two steps back’ moment.”
The 45-year-old musician continued by saying that his DMs (direct messages) have “never been more filled with bizarre WWII-era bulls–t (like chink and jap, or whatever).”
What Lennon said next is likely to have upset plenty of social justice warriors.
He reminded us that the no ethnic group is the problem, including White people.
I am very sad that I feel like I have to say the following but here goes: Asians are not the problem. Blacks are not the problem. Jews are not the problem. And yes, Whites are not the problem either. No race or culture is ‘the problem.’
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 23, 2021
He continued:
I am simply saying we should check our strategy if we are not getting the results we intended. I don’t know what the solution is, but I suspect that over sensitizing ppl to arbitrary characteristics like skin colour may be doing more harm than good.
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 23, 2021
He ended his lengthy thread by saying “divide and conquer” is not a strategy that benefits society or individuals. The identify politics of political correctness is destructive.
And one more thing…just remember who benefits from the ‘divide and conquer’ paradigm. It ain’t us that’s for sure.
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 23, 2021
Lennon Met With Backlash
Predictably, Sean Lennon was met with backlash for his even-tempered and well thought out tweet storm.
He was attacked personally for not accepting political correctness as “decency” and “basic manners” while others claimed he decided to be ignorant.
Who woke Sean Lennon up this morning and said “choose ignorance”?
— Tami Sawyer (@tamisawyer) May 24, 2021
Watch Sean Lennon speak to Sharon Osbourne in an interview from 2010, below.
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