On last week’s episode of “South Park,” a character named “Reality” took the stage and cut loose with a frank, alarmingly accurate monologue to the audience on the screen, and, more pointedly, to those watching at home.

The speech was littered with truths that today’s political correct crowd ignore in favor of a padded room full of friends and blissful ignorance. Reality truly hit the mark, however, with, “I’m sorry, the world isn’t one big liberal arts campus!”

Odds are you’re reading this on a liberal arts campus. I can almost guarantee you’re a student at a liberal arts college if you have a copy of this paper. But guess what? Everyone’s time here is limited. The real world looms.

And we’re too caught up in the political correctness movement to notice.

From a young age, we’re taught that life isn’t fair. Nearly every kid hears that at some point, regardless of the circumstances surrounding their upbringing. And every kid should. It’s accurate. It’s bracing. It’s fair.

But now, it’s being suffocated. Did someone nick your feelings with a comment that was slightly sexist, ageist, or contrary to the unicorns-and-rainbows mantra that liberal arts campuses have become? Poor baby.

Can you imagine walking around campus feeling upset because your classmate has a different viewpoint than you? I sure can’t, and I shouldn’t have to because that’s a disagreement, and we have place for varying viewpoints or philosophical differences in the real world.

Ok. Slow down. Maybe I’m blowing this out of proportion.

But maybe not.

Maybe, just maybe, there are bigger problems in this world beside feelings getting hurt. A movement came to light in early October, pushing for Columbus Day to be recognized as Indigenous People’s Day.

Really? Honestly? Seriously? I don’t need educating on Christopher Columbus. By all accounts, he was an awful person. Historical records suggest he committed mass genocide.

But this is what we’re focusing our efforts on? If you don’t like Columbus Day, don’t observe it. If you don’t give a plant sun, it won’t grow. Ignore it. Bury it. It’ll eventually disappear.

In a world where mass genocide isn’t far from the truth in a number of countries, where nearly 13 percent of the population is undernourished and where our own political system is too gummed up to make a difference at home or abroad, getting offended over things like Columbus Day is like worrying about a smudge on the window when your car won’t start. But it’s not going to stop.

Bending over backwards to accommodate everyone’s uniqueness is detrimental to society. Being comfortable in your own body is great, to an extent. But when it becomes offensive to speak out against unhealthy lifestyles, we have a problem.

Let’s be blunt. You’re not a special flower and neither am I. We’re students at a liberal arts university designed to pass us and make us feel as comfortable as possible.

So enjoy your time here. Bask in the bliss of all-encompassing acceptance and fair play across the board. Raise complaints against those who slight you or your beliefs. Convince yourself that the world was made to cater to your whims and views.

Just remember this: you can block Reality out for now, but He’ll be back.