Does anyone else remember that book series called The Stupids, in which the titular family was so incompetent that the only only actor capable of portraying the patriarch in the subsequent movie adaptation was Tom Arnold? If you weren’t around for the heady days of the early 80’s, just know that a children’s book called The Stupids Die was not immediately considered too objectionable for elementary schools.
What’s that got to do with the rest of this post? Why, nothing at all, though the word “stupid” is included and I’m sure several of the people shaking their fists at clouds and yelling at kids to get off their lawns as they lament the pervasive cultural softness that led to smoke-free air, safety nets, and shorter starts would likewise decry the scourge of political correctness that took awful books out of circulation.