An absolutely disgraceful display of political correctness at the University of Washington. A member of the student senate wanted to honor alumni “Pappy” Boyington for his service to this country. The debate that followed makes me wonder what my will say when they head off to college.

I would prefer UW turn out Marines than people like Jill Edwards, personally.

Pappy Boyington grew up in a blue collar family. And he was part Sioux. But thanks for playing “Blame the White Guy” Ashley.

This, by the way, came from a guy who appeared to support the proposal. How do you “understand not wanting to reward those” who fought in WWII?

Maybe I’m taking this too personally. After all, my dad’s a WWII vet. But this isn’t a lack of knowing history we’re talking about. This is a callous disregard for anyone who wears the uniform. This is wrong.

So one student was just making a general comment about too many statues of rich, white guys? She wasn’t referring to Boyington? Coulda fooled me. I love the defense of Jill Edwards: well, she was only speaking for herself. Right. Gotcha. And Karl Smith just wanted to talk about Boyington being a POW so people who “oppose war” would get on board.

You know, I don’t think I’d like the support of people who would have preferred we not fight in WWII. What’s next? A formal apology from UW students to the governments of Japan and Germany?