Ben , I have long been saying that Political correctness, and zero-tolerance policies need to get thrown out of the window.
It's those sorts of things that prevent us from doing what needs to be done, and say what needs to be said, for fear of being labled a racist/homophobe/gun-nut/conservative/right winger/what-have-you.
I personally feel that P.C. is what is destroying this country because it allowed people like the horribly liberal folks to get into power and keep up their attacks on what made America great.