Political Correctness: The Scourge of Our Times
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I suppose you respect that kind of demonic hatred?
Uncensored2008
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I view the vitriolic nonsense you post with a mix of bemusement and disgust. You deliberately tie yourself to the shitter movement, which in itself destroys any credibility you might have.
As for Brian, I've known him for 25 years, and I do indeed respect him. Obviously I don't always agree, I'm more hardline Libertarian in my views. But I do respect his opinions.
American_Jihad
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It's not politically correct
10-26-2007
In modern times, undoubtedly, we have been presented with many different technological advances. Devices such as the iPod, the PDA, laptops and cell phones make the world a much smaller place for the people who live on it. Information that normal, everyday people crave is now just a couple clicks away.
It wasn’t always like this, of course. Prior to the many technological advances that revolutionized our lives, people had to get their information from the evening news. If one wanted to know what was going on in the world, they had to watch Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw or Peter Jennings. In fact, mainstream news sources, such as newspapers and the mainstream news channels, had a virtual monopoly on the spread of information.
What I find very interesting about the evolution in news media is how political correctness has become more widespread. Even though people can now get news from many other sources, such as cable news, blogs and other internet sites, political correctness only seems to increase. Those in the public spotlight have to watch their backs at every moment, for the political correctness hounds could be after them if they slip up.
Political correctness can be a very dangerous standard for a free society to follow. While it’s definitely understandable that someone who makes a pejorative comment directed at another race is incontrovertibly despicable, it represents a dangerous precedent to attack at every turn.
One of the most paramount examples of political correctness in our society today is our treatment of Christmas. While I understand that not everyone in the United States is a Christian, nor does everyone observe the holiday, there is a reason that every college and high school issues a break during this time. Chances are, if Christmas did not exist, life would most likely continue unabated during this time.
Nonetheless, it is still chic to harp on Christmas and to try and remove anything remotely related to Christmas from the American lexicon. Good examples of this exist all over the country, in places such as Redondo Beach, Cali., which refers to their tree as a “Holiday Tree” during the holidays as not to offend anyone.
This is just one of many other examples of how political correctness is prevalent in our society. One may be wondering why this is so dangerous to the American way of life. Shouldn’t we try to be nice to every type of person?
In my opinion, the reason political correctness is such a dangerous thing is quite simple really: because of free speech. Obviously, of course, free speech doesn’t exonerate a person from ridicule, but we are all entitled to it, no matter how misguided it may be. Furthermore, with the freedom of speech, people simply make mistakes. I’m sure if former radio talk show host Don Imus could have had a mulligan after his infamous comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, he’d probably take it right now, as he’s now out of a job.
Another danger of political correctness is that it truly is a slippery slope. If this ideology continues to advance, it will only cause more harm to people’s freedom of speech on the internet, through the newspaper and various other media. Freedom is harmed by political correctness, since, without question, it will become more rampant in years to come.
One hopes America wakes up to the faults of this ideology. It isn’t too late to take back free speech and stop political correctness from eroding it.
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It's not politically correct
10-26-2007
In modern times, undoubtedly, we have been presented with many different technological advances. Devices such as the iPod, the PDA, laptops and cell phones make the world a much smaller place for the people who live on it. Information that normal, everyday people crave is now just a couple clicks away.
It wasn’t always like this, of course. Prior to the many technological advances that revolutionized our lives, people had to get their information from the evening news. If one wanted to know what was going on in the world, they had to watch Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw or Peter Jennings. In fact, mainstream news sources, such as newspapers and the mainstream news channels, had a virtual monopoly on the spread of information.
What I find very interesting about the evolution in news media is how political correctness has become more widespread. Even though people can now get news from many other sources, such as cable news, blogs and other internet sites, political correctness only seems to increase. Those in the public spotlight have to watch their backs at every moment, for the political correctness hounds could be after them if they slip up.
Political correctness can be a very dangerous standard for a free society to follow. While it’s definitely understandable that someone who makes a pejorative comment directed at another race is incontrovertibly despicable, it represents a dangerous precedent to attack at every turn.
One of the most paramount examples of political correctness in our society today is our treatment of Christmas. While I understand that not everyone in the United States is a Christian, nor does everyone observe the holiday, there is a reason that every college and high school issues a break during this time. Chances are, if Christmas did not exist, life would most likely continue unabated during this time.
Nonetheless, it is still chic to harp on Christmas and to try and remove anything remotely related to Christmas from the American lexicon. Good examples of this exist all over the country, in places such as Redondo Beach, Cali., which refers to their tree as a “Holiday Tree” during the holidays as not to offend anyone.
This is just one of many other examples of how political correctness is prevalent in our society. One may be wondering why this is so dangerous to the American way of life. Shouldn’t we try to be nice to every type of person?
In my opinion, the reason political correctness is such a dangerous thing is quite simple really: because of free speech. Obviously, of course, free speech doesn’t exonerate a person from ridicule, but we are all entitled to it, no matter how misguided it may be. Furthermore, with the freedom of speech, people simply make mistakes. I’m sure if former radio talk show host Don Imus could have had a mulligan after his infamous comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, he’d probably take it right now, as he’s now out of a job.
Another danger of political correctness is that it truly is a slippery slope. If this ideology continues to advance, it will only cause more harm to people’s freedom of speech on the internet, through the newspaper and various other media. Freedom is harmed by political correctness, since, without question, it will become more rampant in years to come.
One hopes America wakes up to the faults of this ideology. It isn’t too late to take back free speech and stop political correctness from eroding it.
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American_Jihad
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Political Correctness will be the ruin of us all!
Political Correct people are stupid .... oops ... not stupid, they suffer from minimal cranial development, to put it in a political correct way
Veteran psychiatrist calls liberals mentally ill
Publishes extensive study on 'Psychological Causes of Political Madness'
Moonglow
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I still tel Polock jokes.
American_Jihad
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiRPcB3F9Xs]Dennis Miller's Rant: Political Correctness - YouTube[/ame]
American_Jihad
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Political correctness is throttling the life out of us
By David Honeywell
Feb 1, 08
Recently, I heard a little girl reciting a familiar nursery ryme. It went 'Ba Ba sheep, sheep, have you any wool?…' My attention was immediately grabbed by the first line 'sheep, sheep'. I hadn't realised that even nursery rymes had been tampered with by the political correctness brigade.
The lunacy of the PC climate becomes more and more clear when recently, the story based on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale was turned down by a government agency awards panel as the subject matter could offend Muslims.
The digital book re-telling the classic story, was rejected by judges who warned that "the use of pigs raises cultural issues".
The judges also attacked 'Three Little Cowboy Builders' for offending builders.
The book's creative director, Anne Curtis, said the idea that including pigs in a story could be interpreted as racism was "like a slap in the face".
In the run up to last Christmas, a survey revealed that head teachers were also watering down or ditching the centuries-old Christmas story in favour of secular tales to avoid upsetting pupils of other faiths.
Only one in five schools were planning to perform the traditional nativity play in 2007. These schools are now outnumbered by schools that say they will be either putting on a non-religious play such as Scrooge or Snow White or giving no performance at all.
Politicians keep renaming things so that it does not offend other races, religions or cultures, but they never ask the people who they think it may offend if they want the name changing.
There are so many examples of political correctness it's hard to know where to start. But here are just a few, to get us going:
Staff warned by their local council not to drape England flags from office windows during the last World Cup - in case it offended those supporting other teams.
A magistrate who when considering a publican's request for an extra hour's drinking, ruled that St George's Day was not 'a special occasion' - even though the publican had not encountered any such problem with a similar request for the Chinese Year of the Goat.
In 2004, more than £150,000 of public money was spent teaching around 500 civil servants to avoid using everyday words such as 'bedlam','manila' and 'bulldozer'.
The words were outlawed by the Welsh Development Agency because they are considered racially abusive.
The Government-funded body which promotes business in the principality and two other quangoes, sent staff on courses to improve their awareness. Unsuitable phrases include 'bedlam' - a reference to England's first lunatic asylum - and 'Dutch courage', which might imply that people from Holland become brave only after a drink.
Staff dare not say brainstorming in case it insults the mentally ill or manila - a word once which meant 'a bangle used to buy slaves' but now refers to a colour for envelopes. Bulldozer (a man employed to beat slaves), poll tax (the US system which prevented blacks from voting) and nit-picking (the examination of slaves' hair for lice) are also forbidden.
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Political correctness is throttling the life out of us - TS10 Redcar bloggers
By David Honeywell
Feb 1, 08
Recently, I heard a little girl reciting a familiar nursery ryme. It went 'Ba Ba sheep, sheep, have you any wool?…' My attention was immediately grabbed by the first line 'sheep, sheep'. I hadn't realised that even nursery rymes had been tampered with by the political correctness brigade.
The lunacy of the PC climate becomes more and more clear when recently, the story based on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale was turned down by a government agency awards panel as the subject matter could offend Muslims.
The digital book re-telling the classic story, was rejected by judges who warned that "the use of pigs raises cultural issues".
The judges also attacked 'Three Little Cowboy Builders' for offending builders.
The book's creative director, Anne Curtis, said the idea that including pigs in a story could be interpreted as racism was "like a slap in the face".
In the run up to last Christmas, a survey revealed that head teachers were also watering down or ditching the centuries-old Christmas story in favour of secular tales to avoid upsetting pupils of other faiths.
Only one in five schools were planning to perform the traditional nativity play in 2007. These schools are now outnumbered by schools that say they will be either putting on a non-religious play such as Scrooge or Snow White or giving no performance at all.
Politicians keep renaming things so that it does not offend other races, religions or cultures, but they never ask the people who they think it may offend if they want the name changing.
There are so many examples of political correctness it's hard to know where to start. But here are just a few, to get us going:
Staff warned by their local council not to drape England flags from office windows during the last World Cup - in case it offended those supporting other teams.
A magistrate who when considering a publican's request for an extra hour's drinking, ruled that St George's Day was not 'a special occasion' - even though the publican had not encountered any such problem with a similar request for the Chinese Year of the Goat.
In 2004, more than £150,000 of public money was spent teaching around 500 civil servants to avoid using everyday words such as 'bedlam','manila' and 'bulldozer'.
The words were outlawed by the Welsh Development Agency because they are considered racially abusive.
The Government-funded body which promotes business in the principality and two other quangoes, sent staff on courses to improve their awareness. Unsuitable phrases include 'bedlam' - a reference to England's first lunatic asylum - and 'Dutch courage', which might imply that people from Holland become brave only after a drink.
Staff dare not say brainstorming in case it insults the mentally ill or manila - a word once which meant 'a bangle used to buy slaves' but now refers to a colour for envelopes. Bulldozer (a man employed to beat slaves), poll tax (the US system which prevented blacks from voting) and nit-picking (the examination of slaves' hair for lice) are also forbidden.
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Political correctness is throttling the life out of us - TS10 Redcar bloggers
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"occupied" behaves just like a petulant 5-year-old who likes to fling shit around but then runs home crying for his mother whenever he gets some of his own medicine.
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I suppose you respect that kind of demonic hatred?
You mean this kind of demonic hatred?
The bakery near where I used to live sold hot cross buns every Easter. Last time I went in there no buns. I asked about it. The buns are in the back, hidden because the sight of them might offend non Christians. You had to ask for hot exed buns.
The city whittled down all their municipal Christmas decorations to plastic banners of pointsettia flowers hung from the lamp posts. They were removed because pointsettias were too Christmasy.
Since then, that City has banned the 4th of July as being offensive too.
New York City has banned the words dancing, dinosaur, home computer, birthday and Halloween among others. For a full list of banned words and subjects, it can be found here.
Full list of topics banned on NYC school exams - NYPOST.com
American_Jihad
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Has political correctness undermined free speech in the US?
Results so far:
Yes 48% 928 votes
No 52% 990 votes
Total: 1918 votes
YES
by Jerry Curtis
Created on: June 19, 2007
Political correctness undermines free speech in the United States in a number of insidious ways. It stifles confrontation and allows undercurrents of tension to build up when people do not say what they are really thinking. It sustains a climate of below-the-surface feelings of victimization that can erupt in a volcano of rage and law suits. Finally, political correctness results in absolutely ridiculous practices, such as frisking 80-year-old ladies at the airport so that swarthy young guys from lands where there are likely to be a lot of sand and camels don't feel profiled.
Name a minority, and one can find a politically correct attitude to accommodate them. Take American Indians, for example. The howling savages of my boyhood cowboy flicks are now known as "Native Americans." I was born here, too, can't I be called a "native"? Now that the NCAA has asked colleges to rid itself of Indian names and mascots in the name of political correctness, have Native Americans somehow benefited? Fortunately, that group didn't have the clout to force the Atlanta Braves or Cleveland Indians to change their team name. The owners just ignored the activists, who seem to have lost interest.
Then there are our African-/Afro-/Black American friends. That particular minority owns the equivalent of the nuclear option of political incorrectness - the N-word. It is a word so politically incorrect that if uttered in the work environment, classroom, in a public interview, or anywhere where more than one person can hear it, it results in immediate ostracism, firing, public opprobrium, and all sorts of bad, bad things (unless, one happens to be a member of the African-(etc.) race, in which case, one can utter it in stand-up comedy routines, rap music, or casual street conversation with friends of the same racial background.) One almost gets the impression that White people's inability to utter the N-Word is our legacy of the slavery years. Fair enough. Just don't ask us for reparations, okay?
One only needs to Google the words "political correctness run amok" to discover countless columns, articles, and blogs decrying political correctness in American universities. In some universities, Freshmen must undergo "sensitivity" indoctrination classes so that they can learn the politically correct behavior towards minorities that they may never have encountered before arriving on campus. Many colleges have published guides for political correctness (called "student handbooks") with appropriate warnings that insensitive speech can result from anything from a visit to the Dean to suspension or expulsion.
And there is an emerging group in our nation, who are handled with the kid gloves of political correctness, despite the dictates of common sense. That group, of course, is the Muslim community. American Muslims are beginning to continue the tradition of our American Indians (who have quieted somewhat because of all those casinos) and our African-(etc.) friends (whose growing middle class is becoming an embarrassment to the likes of Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton).
A group of American Muslims made the news recently as they began to throw down their prayer rugs in an airport, dispersed in the airplane seating in the manner of the 9-11 terrorists and began to behave in an overall disturbing manner to the extent they had to be thrown off the plane. Unfortunately, the memory of 9-11 is still too fresh in our memories to extend that level of political correctness to men shouting "Allah," which was probably the last word many of the dead on 9-11 heard. Nevertheless, the Mullahs are suing. One day soon, they might even have their own "M-Word."
So, yes, political correctness stifles free speech, creates tension and conflict, and causes illogical and stupid behavior. But it does save hurt feelings, I suppose.
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NO
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Debate: Has political correctness undermined free speech in the US? - Helium
Results so far:
Yes 48% 928 votes
No 52% 990 votes
Total: 1918 votes
YES
by Jerry Curtis
Created on: June 19, 2007
Political correctness undermines free speech in the United States in a number of insidious ways. It stifles confrontation and allows undercurrents of tension to build up when people do not say what they are really thinking. It sustains a climate of below-the-surface feelings of victimization that can erupt in a volcano of rage and law suits. Finally, political correctness results in absolutely ridiculous practices, such as frisking 80-year-old ladies at the airport so that swarthy young guys from lands where there are likely to be a lot of sand and camels don't feel profiled.
Name a minority, and one can find a politically correct attitude to accommodate them. Take American Indians, for example. The howling savages of my boyhood cowboy flicks are now known as "Native Americans." I was born here, too, can't I be called a "native"? Now that the NCAA has asked colleges to rid itself of Indian names and mascots in the name of political correctness, have Native Americans somehow benefited? Fortunately, that group didn't have the clout to force the Atlanta Braves or Cleveland Indians to change their team name. The owners just ignored the activists, who seem to have lost interest.
Then there are our African-/Afro-/Black American friends. That particular minority owns the equivalent of the nuclear option of political incorrectness - the N-word. It is a word so politically incorrect that if uttered in the work environment, classroom, in a public interview, or anywhere where more than one person can hear it, it results in immediate ostracism, firing, public opprobrium, and all sorts of bad, bad things (unless, one happens to be a member of the African-(etc.) race, in which case, one can utter it in stand-up comedy routines, rap music, or casual street conversation with friends of the same racial background.) One almost gets the impression that White people's inability to utter the N-Word is our legacy of the slavery years. Fair enough. Just don't ask us for reparations, okay?
One only needs to Google the words "political correctness run amok" to discover countless columns, articles, and blogs decrying political correctness in American universities. In some universities, Freshmen must undergo "sensitivity" indoctrination classes so that they can learn the politically correct behavior towards minorities that they may never have encountered before arriving on campus. Many colleges have published guides for political correctness (called "student handbooks") with appropriate warnings that insensitive speech can result from anything from a visit to the Dean to suspension or expulsion.
And there is an emerging group in our nation, who are handled with the kid gloves of political correctness, despite the dictates of common sense. That group, of course, is the Muslim community. American Muslims are beginning to continue the tradition of our American Indians (who have quieted somewhat because of all those casinos) and our African-(etc.) friends (whose growing middle class is becoming an embarrassment to the likes of Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton).
A group of American Muslims made the news recently as they began to throw down their prayer rugs in an airport, dispersed in the airplane seating in the manner of the 9-11 terrorists and began to behave in an overall disturbing manner to the extent they had to be thrown off the plane. Unfortunately, the memory of 9-11 is still too fresh in our memories to extend that level of political correctness to men shouting "Allah," which was probably the last word many of the dead on 9-11 heard. Nevertheless, the Mullahs are suing. One day soon, they might even have their own "M-Word."
So, yes, political correctness stifles free speech, creates tension and conflict, and causes illogical and stupid behavior. But it does save hurt feelings, I suppose.
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NO
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Debate: Has political correctness undermined free speech in the US? - Helium
American_Jihad
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Verbal terrorism, political correctness and Don Imus
by Alan Fernald
April 26, 2007
In the first amendment to the US Constitution, we are guaranteed the right to free speech. Don Imus practiced this right on a routine basis.
When he pointed his words at a select group of young women, he crossed the line from exercising that right to free speech, by using words as an insult, rather than as a tool. However, even this is not a violation of the first amendment.
Rather, it is a rather stupid and inane comment.
Though Don Imus broke no laws, nor violated anyone's rights when he made his now infamous comments, neither did those who expressed their outrage at those same comments. Though I believe that he should not have been fired for those insensitive remarks, he also is a smart enough person to have realized that if he crossed the line, even innocently, he would be made to pay the price.
He did pay the price. Was it fair? Likely not. Just? Definitely not. Predictable? Yes.
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Verbal terrorism, political correctness and Don Imus - by Alan Fernald - Helium
by Alan Fernald
April 26, 2007
In the first amendment to the US Constitution, we are guaranteed the right to free speech. Don Imus practiced this right on a routine basis.
When he pointed his words at a select group of young women, he crossed the line from exercising that right to free speech, by using words as an insult, rather than as a tool. However, even this is not a violation of the first amendment.
Rather, it is a rather stupid and inane comment.
Though Don Imus broke no laws, nor violated anyone's rights when he made his now infamous comments, neither did those who expressed their outrage at those same comments. Though I believe that he should not have been fired for those insensitive remarks, he also is a smart enough person to have realized that if he crossed the line, even innocently, he would be made to pay the price.
He did pay the price. Was it fair? Likely not. Just? Definitely not. Predictable? Yes.
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Verbal terrorism, political correctness and Don Imus - by Alan Fernald - Helium
American_Jihad
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Kevin Rudd's apology shouldn't uncork the PC genie
By Malcolm Colless
From: The Australian
February 05, 2008
AT the height of the 2007 federal election campaign, a prominent Labor figure was asked at a Sydney boardroom lunch whether Australia could expect a return to political correctness under a Rudd Government.
"Not entirely," he responded cryptically.
Kevin Rudd's much-heralded "sorry" statement to the first session of his Government's parliament next week may well signal whether, on this crucial issue, we are about to witness a rebirth of political correctness.
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Read more: Kevin Rudd's apology shouldn't uncork the PC genie | News.com.au
By Malcolm Colless
From: The Australian
February 05, 2008
AT the height of the 2007 federal election campaign, a prominent Labor figure was asked at a Sydney boardroom lunch whether Australia could expect a return to political correctness under a Rudd Government.
"Not entirely," he responded cryptically.
Kevin Rudd's much-heralded "sorry" statement to the first session of his Government's parliament next week may well signal whether, on this crucial issue, we are about to witness a rebirth of political correctness.
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Read more: Kevin Rudd's apology shouldn't uncork the PC genie | News.com.au
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Oh American Jihad, you so crazy 
American_Jihad
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Fed to the Sharks by Political Correctness
By Evan Mackey
August 3, 2012
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Is it not reminiscent of the attitude of progressives toward violent Muslims whose soul and explicit mission is our violent destruction? There is no shortage of evidence of their desire to do us harm, in the most violent way possible. No one is safe from their evil goal -- not women, or children, or the elderly, or the infirm. Those who are deemed "infidels" are targeted for torture and grisly death. They even murder their own family members in the name of "honor." And yet, those on the political left seem to believe that these vile marauders just need our empathy and compassion. Even otherwise shrewd and intelligent individuals place themselves into situations where they fall victim to such savagery. We have gone to ridiculous extremes to appease, even to the point where this administration has expunged the word "Islam" from national security documents. Other nations have gone even farther to placate violent radicals. In other words, free people are being fed to the sharks by weak-kneed progressives, whose first instinct is to mollify the enemies of freedom.
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Unlike other animals, we humans have the gift of reason, which affords us the ability distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil. We do not operate purely on instinct, nor should we. But neither should we completely eschew our instinctive capacities in an ill-conceived attempt to accomplish some foolishly idealistic goal of political correctness. Like it or not, there are still human beings who are driven by primal, dark urges. If given the chance, they will act on these urges. And like other predators in the animal kingdom, they are drawn to the weak, the gullible, and the unsuspecting.
Read more: Articles: Fed to the Sharks by Political Correctness
By Evan Mackey
August 3, 2012
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Is it not reminiscent of the attitude of progressives toward violent Muslims whose soul and explicit mission is our violent destruction? There is no shortage of evidence of their desire to do us harm, in the most violent way possible. No one is safe from their evil goal -- not women, or children, or the elderly, or the infirm. Those who are deemed "infidels" are targeted for torture and grisly death. They even murder their own family members in the name of "honor." And yet, those on the political left seem to believe that these vile marauders just need our empathy and compassion. Even otherwise shrewd and intelligent individuals place themselves into situations where they fall victim to such savagery. We have gone to ridiculous extremes to appease, even to the point where this administration has expunged the word "Islam" from national security documents. Other nations have gone even farther to placate violent radicals. In other words, free people are being fed to the sharks by weak-kneed progressives, whose first instinct is to mollify the enemies of freedom.
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Unlike other animals, we humans have the gift of reason, which affords us the ability distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil. We do not operate purely on instinct, nor should we. But neither should we completely eschew our instinctive capacities in an ill-conceived attempt to accomplish some foolishly idealistic goal of political correctness. Like it or not, there are still human beings who are driven by primal, dark urges. If given the chance, they will act on these urges. And like other predators in the animal kingdom, they are drawn to the weak, the gullible, and the unsuspecting.
Read more: Articles: Fed to the Sharks by Political Correctness
American_Jihad
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Is The P.C.U.S.A. Peacemaking Or Promoting More Hatred?
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Young: Political correctness on campus chills debate
November 26, 2012
By CATHY YOUNG
'You have a right to your opinion unless it oppresses others."
I came across this maxim -- a sure prescription for well-intentioned censorship -- a few days ago on Tumblr, the social media site popular with the college-age crowd. Judging by its number of "likes" and "shares," the post had found widespread support among the site's users.
Fortuitously, I happened to be reading Greg Lukianoff's excellent new book, "Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate," which explains well how such a thought-stifling mindset would take hold.
Lukianoff, an attorney, is president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), whose mission is to defend free speech on college campuses. While the group is often portrayed as a conservative foe of leftist political correctness, it is an equal-opportunity fighter against censorship: sometimes directed at left-wing speech (anti-war or pro-Palestinian), sometimes at speech that displeases campus bureaucrats (such as satire lampooning the college).
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It's time to speak out for speech. After all, if we accept the dictum that an opinion can only be tolerated if it does not "oppress" (read: offend) anybody, pretty soon this dictum will be the only opinion allowed to exist.
Political correctness on campus chills debate - Cathy Young
November 26, 2012
By CATHY YOUNG
'You have a right to your opinion unless it oppresses others."
I came across this maxim -- a sure prescription for well-intentioned censorship -- a few days ago on Tumblr, the social media site popular with the college-age crowd. Judging by its number of "likes" and "shares," the post had found widespread support among the site's users.
Fortuitously, I happened to be reading Greg Lukianoff's excellent new book, "Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate," which explains well how such a thought-stifling mindset would take hold.
Lukianoff, an attorney, is president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), whose mission is to defend free speech on college campuses. While the group is often portrayed as a conservative foe of leftist political correctness, it is an equal-opportunity fighter against censorship: sometimes directed at left-wing speech (anti-war or pro-Palestinian), sometimes at speech that displeases campus bureaucrats (such as satire lampooning the college).
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It's time to speak out for speech. After all, if we accept the dictum that an opinion can only be tolerated if it does not "oppress" (read: offend) anybody, pretty soon this dictum will be the only opinion allowed to exist.
Political correctness on campus chills debate - Cathy Young
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I remember now, that author is deceased and that articel was pulled but I had it on another site, there is no link, hence no copyright infringement...
Good way to bump...
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