Persuasive Essay About Political Correctness

Politically correct language has become huge movement in modern society. There are words that have gone through numerous changes such as “shellshock” going through many changes finally being to what it is known as today as “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” as best described the late George Carlin. Today there are large groups that urge political correctness to the masses in an attempt to end discrimination against gender, race, and sexuality. In “The Word Police” by Michiko Kakutani, the author writes about how political correct language is more focused on the words itself rather than the content behind. As progressive as it may seem, political correctness threatens a free society.

However, many groups claim that political correctness in society is justified in its efforts to sanitize offensive material created though years of oppressing minorities. What was originally a noble idea, to remove blatant words of offensive meaning, has turned into an “over the top” effort to rid any words of possible controversy. We are regulating our ways of plain speaking, freedom of choice, and freedom of speech. Laws of restrictions on slander and public decency should be decided on the common law methodology and not by the interests of the liberal “mob”. If plain speaking is not allowed, clear thinking is

On November 9, it was announced that Donald Trump would be president. This essay isn’t entirely about Donald Trump, but rather about one of the reasons why he was elected: he’s not afraid to “tell it like it is” rather than worry about being politically correct. One of the complaints from the millions of people who voted for Trump is that America is too politically correct, almost to the point that it infringes on free speech. Whether this is true or not is debatable.

Not only does political correctness limit language, it limits competition between groups. For example the competition between the upper and lower class for power would cease if we were made to be politically correct. We need the upper and lower class for our society to function correctly. Without competition society can not thrive, and the philosophy of political correctness attempts to make people equals which effectively blocks individual success thus eliminating any motive to take the risks necessary to succeed. How can a person move up in this world with out stepping on others, and every time someone steps on someone else they will use methods or words that could be taken as politically incorrect. It is the nature of capitalism and democracy to have competing groups which ultimately leads to a separation of the bourgeoisie and proletariat or the upper and lower class. This is the greatest good a capitalistic democratic society can reach because the factions are not permanent; the members of each group are free to move

For one thing, in the op-ed “Can We Start Taking Political Correctness Seriously Now?” the author Chait summarizes that the protesters in the student demonstration at the University of Missouri besieged a photographer. Most supporters on the left think that young people want to keep themselves from any offense, and they believe that political correctness only occurs on campus; however, the truth is that political correctness will spread beyond the campuses. Next, Chait compares the Columbia event to the New Haven scene. Both of them express doubt in the “political democracy.” Finally, the author claims that the political correctness is excessive on campus, and leftists cannot escape the problem of political correctness. On the other hand, in the op-ed “The Delicate Little Flowers on Today’s College Campuses,” the author Goldberg explains that the Yale riot is due to the reply of a caution to stop wearing Halloween costumes. Also, as the scientist analyzes, current college students are so delicate that they always think they are offended. Then, Goldberg gives us the conclusion that it is the problem of education rather than political correctness itself. At last, he visualizes that these students flow into the society with “emotional cocoon” in the future. Although Chait’s Op-ed shows effective self-presentation in his claim about the leftist ideology of the political correctness, Goldberg does a better job by providing concrete evidence in logos and pathos in

The NFL protest is a silent protest to police brutality and institutional racism. In Between the World and Me, Coates brings attention to institutional racism and police brutality. They are both extremely common in America. The NFL protest is an act of patriotism and brings awareness to institutional racism, but some Americans find it disrespectful to the national anthem.

Elaborating on Charles’ comment, political correctness is a troubling aspect of American society as is the tone of the current presidential race. Yet civil war, foreign attacks, economic turmoil, two presidential impeachments, a presidential resignation, military campaigns and political correctness has battered but not destroyed the nation. The key is the inward base found in the simplicity of a government created by the people and for the people, an outside

Political correctness in the United States is often seen as killing the country. From the point of view of republicans, it is believed that political correctness is more like a sort of Manchurian candidate which has been unleashed by the Democrats in order to undermine the establishment of conformity and mediocrity. The political correctness also often results in the downfall of the country. There are resulting declining educational standards along with the inability to have the security of jobs and also the resultant diminished American within the current modern world. The political correctness also seems to be taking over the entire American society which is evident when 5 of the Californian students were however sent back home

Jenkins, M. (2007, July). How Political Correctness Protects the Bad Guys. Retrieved September 12, 2017, from https://www.thetrumpet.com/3808-how-political-correctness-protects-the-bad-guys

Fast forward to 2015, a time where it seems as if nothing can be said without offending somebody, and the nation is in the heat of a presidential debate, many candidates (with the exclusion of Donald Trump) have been forced to walk on eggshells to adhere to political correctness. In the first Democratic debate the question was asked, “do black lives matter or do all lives matter?” If this question had been asked 10 years ago, the overwhelming response would be, “all lives matter.”

Not all hate crime or hate speech cases will end with this result though. In Clifton, New Jersey, police are conducting an investigation on hate speech that was spray painted on a playground wall of a city park.

In recent years, the world has seen a huge jump in the fight to be politically correct. Sensitivity to discrimination or topics that are found offensive/traumatizing, has heightened causing a major shift in how people interact on a day to day basis. The effects of this revolution of sorts can be seen especially on the internet and in spaces of academia. Buzzwords like microaggression and trigger warnings are now frequently heard in college classrooms and have raised questions about the ability of professors to effectively teach and prepare their students for the real world. The terrain of this subject is still fairly new and uncharted so I have created a set of win-win guidelines that I believe will help students and faculty navigate this subject

Donald Trump has defended his political incorrectness by saying he doesn’t have time to be politically correct. Hilary Clinton said that not including groups radicalizes them and create ill feeling, so political correctness is important. For example, in “Stunning and Brave,” the PC pledges promoted the idea that they needed to protect the marginalized groups in society. In fact, they are just trying to make themselves feel better. The fraternity brothers said “we have to protect the handicaps” at the party and then ignored them.

"Tolerance, not in the sense of putting up with, but attempting to understand others’ perspectives, is a basic human right. It is a characteristic of our country, which was founded on many diverse perspectives - this is the core of our democracy. Treat others how you want to be treated, and abide by the equal rights that our ancestors fought for, and the rights we’re still fighting for today. Political correctness is a necessity." - Kenna Rohe (Sartell Highschool Student)

“Terms such as politically correct thus have a hidden history, uncovering which is dependent both on the accurate recollection of those who were there,” (Cameron, 1995,78).