Sean Ono Lennon, who is the son of Beatles legend John Lennon and the notoriously liberal Yoko Ono, took a strong stand on Twitter Sunday and blasted PC culture, calling it too extreme and stating that “whites are not the problem.”

Lennon contends that shoving political correctness down peoples’ throats has resulted in a racist backlash that is only getting 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,” Lennon said on Twitter.

“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. 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,” he proffered.

…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

He seems to believe that while political correctness may have originally intended to fight racism, it has instead ushered in an era where the cure is ostensibly worse than the disease.

“The road to hell is paved w good intentions,” he said quoting Samuel Johnson. “We’ve been trying this kind of morality policing for awhile now & I would posit things are arguably getting worse. Race relations seem to be in the middle of a ‘two steps back’ moment,” he tweeted to his followers.

But it is often the case that seemingly obvious solutions fail and even make matters worse—I often think about the terrible track record we have in science of artificially modifying an ecosystem in order to ‘re-balance’ a problem we created but ultimately wind up making things…

— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 23, 2021

“I say this not only because it seems clear from news events and statistics that race relations in this country are particularly terrible, but also because my DMs have never been more filled with bizarre WWII era bullshit (like chink and jap, or whatever),” he tweeted.

Lennon then stepped over a line and took on the left full-frontal: “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,” Lennon stated. “No race or culture is ‘the problem.'”

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

“I have lived in many cities and countries and I can say from experience that there is an EQUAL distribution of s***ty ppl and good ppl in EVERY human population. Most are good, some aren’t great, and a very small number are clinical sociopaths you absolutely need to avoid,” Lennon correctly asserted.

Then he brought up how Americans are self-segregating along “tribal lines” in a manner not observed before: “When I grew up New York truly felt like a melting pot. It wasn’t perfect, but ppl did not self segregate along tribal lines to the degree that I am seeing today. There is something wrong with the strategy and direction we have chosen, in academia, in politics, and elsewhere.”

“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,” he remarked.

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

“I know very well that the idea of being ‘colour blind’ is out of fashion, that MLK’s vision of character over skin colour is considered to be naive. But that vision surely made our society better. I’m not sure the modern vision of ‘race consciousness’ is making things better,” Lennon added.

“And one more thing…just remember who benefits from the ‘divide and conquer’ paradigm. It ain’t us that’s for sure,” he concluded.

Lennon was applauded for his stance on Twitter:

Sad to say but people are a product of their environment.They are learning this stuff from their parents and then peers. I still find it crazy that people would write that shit on your DM! It’s so wrong and so backwards.

— Yeah I said it! (@LabarberaSandy) May 24, 2021

EXCELLENT thread!

I believe PC culture was the gateway to what we’re seeing now: people not knowing how to accept differing opinions and beliefs.

And social media has made us lose our humanity.

— MissAmericana_AF (@Deplorablesque) May 25, 2021

The more we talk about it, the more the segregation will continue because that would be what everyone is focusing on, rather than all of us being part of one whole: the human race. Differences exist beyond the visible & perhaps it is better to focus on the similarities – one race

— Ashley ⓥ❦✿❧‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ (@shleerei) May 23, 2021

I think it’s generational. I’m basically the same age as you and grew up “bi-racial” but because of that I ignored the whole race thing altogether. I treated everyone as an individual I had to get to know. I think most of us did. We were anti-label. Now the kids insist on labels.

— Antoinette (@starshine_3) May 23, 2021

I’m half Japanese and grew up in the south in the 80s. I got a lot of insults but it didn’t keep me from being what i wanted.

To be honest, I prefer that society to the one we have now.

— 酔っ払いグマ (@bluemagister) May 23, 2021

Sean, don’t say the truth so out loud like your dad used to do, people on both sides, but especially PC gang will obviously try to “cancel” you (as if it was possible)

— Jason Vieira 💮 (@JasonVieira) May 23, 2021

This reminds me of something that was said about toxic positivity. If you try and force positivity on someone there is a good chance they will resent it. You can’t force others to believe they way you do just the same as you can’t legislate morality. pic.twitter.com/1oQvmoKDTI

— ᴮᴱJimim’s Little Spoon⁷ (@heatherhellrasr) May 23, 2021

Nice thread Sean. Whatever it is that is happening in the US at the moment is, indeed, pretty bizarre. I think the elite are having a hard time with their growing absence of legitimacy and are projecting unto others some of their self-doubt

— Stacy Herbert (@stacyherbert) May 23, 2021

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