Just say it!

OK. It's a new year and some people make resolutions. I find resolutions to be a huge waste of time, but there is one thing I want to do, now that a fresh new year awaits us like pizza dough awaits pepperoni.

I'm officially declaring war on political correctness. What has PC gotten us except for a way to dance around subjects and pussyfoot around the truth?

My disdain of political correctness began was when it was suggested that 'illegal aliens' was hurtful and instead should be called 'undocumented foreigners.' Oh please!

One of the things I looked forward to when I was young was that when I grew old I could say what was on my mind and get away with it because I'm an old lady. I will not be denied that!

No more do I bite my tongue when some punk calls me "young lady." I know some older women find it flattering, but I find it patronizing and insulting. So now when I hear "How are you young lady," the response is "Just fine, little man, how are you?"

A few weeks ago I watched with a great deal of pride as a woman older than I responded to a waiter who asked, "Can I get you guys anything else?" She replied, "Do we look like guys?"

These examples are small potatoes, but left unchecked small potatoes grow into big spuds with no taste and must be destroyed.

For example, comedian Steve Martin who was forced to drop a message he had posted about the first time he met the late Carrie Fisher.

"When I was a young man,” he wrote, “Carrie Fisher was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen. She turned out to be witty and bright as well.”

It was a lovely tribute to her upon her death, but some mental midgets thought Martin should honor her memory in a more politically correct way. He should have told them to go jump in the lake.

"That characterization of Leia is something Fisher spoke out against her whole career," argues Claire Landsbaum in a piece for the New York magazine, discussing Fisher's famous Princess Leia character. "Remember Fisher for her immense talent, her outspoken feminism, and her moving commentary on mental health -- not for the way she looked onscreen."

It would seem in his message Martin did all of that. And why can’t a woman be pretty and a feminist and an advocate for mental health? Who said women have to choose one over the other?

Others agreed, pointing out Fisher's specific remarks speaking out against objectification, sexism and ageism. But one has to wonder why she would reprise the role as Leia so many years later in the Star Wars sequel if she found it so distasteful.

Others didn't see a problem.

"[Steve Martin] tweet about [Carrie Fisher]," commented one Twitter user. "Am I missing something? What is the squawk about? Sounded lovely to me."

Others went so far as to imply some of those speaking out against Martin's comments were bullies.

"I'm going to be p***ed off all day because people bullied Steve Martin into deleting a tweet about his friend, Carrie Fisher," remarked one man.

It’s time to stop this nonsense. My high school English teacher summed it up best, “Say what you mean and mean what you say.”