Political Correctness

In this article the research I collected explains the use of political correctness at a University. The purpose of political correctness is to avoid or take extreme measures to desist any action or expression that may exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against. It is clear that majority of the people in this article are not satisfied by the way issues were handled at the University. The author presented relevant information to answer the question; “Is political correctness an enemy of free speech?”. Some government officials that were brought into this situation, agreed with political correctness and what it means. While doing this research I learned that political correctness in not only this, but also is a tool used to control people's speech so that no one feels offended. I believe political correctness is barricade for anyone who wants a power of choice. Moreover, this article is useful for an analysis on limitations for societies in

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

Many of the predictions made by George Orwell in his book 1984 in relation to corruption of language are recognizable in the United States today. Our language is in the process of changing. The introduction of politically correct words and phrases over the past few decades is based on the principles of Orwell's Newspeak. Today, this phenomenon is a tool of liberals used to erase the opinions of the past, and to help propagate new ideas, and is rooted in the same motives as Newspeak. Although Political Correctness may not be all-encompassing as its Orwell's Newspeak, Political Correctness is equally as dangerous and oppressive to free thought. For example, terms such as "Affirmative Action" implies Action which is correct ("Affirmative" means correct, and "Action" is normally good as well) when actually what is meant is the preferential treatment for a particular minority group. The word "Peacekeepers," now refers to a soldier that occupies a foreign nation. During the cold war, when the USSR would do that type of thing,

In an article from The Washington Post, Cathy Cuthbertson, a Trump supporter, said, ““You know, I couldn’t say ‘Merry Christmas.’ And when we wrote things, we couldn’t even say ‘he’ or ‘she,’ because we had transgender. People of color. I mean, we had to watch every word that came out of our mouth, because we were afraid of offending someone,”(Tumulty and Johnson). Cuthbertson’s feelings embody much of those who oppose political correctness. Most of the oppositions to political corrections stem from the argument

In today's politically correct America, everyone is a winner. Everywhere, from schools to homes, people are being told that they are perfect the way they are. While this may be a sign that we, as Americans, are living in a more peaceful world, it also can be disastrous for the workforce. The same political correctness plaguing our great society is also damaging the integrity of America's educational system, by preparing students to fail. Redundant praise and the faltering educational system will cause a false sense of readiness by forcing an ill-prepared employee into a profession that is above their skill set.

  In closing , political correctness helps a lot of people. Although there are a lot of

The politically correct movement is made

Political correctness has become increasingly obvious in our daily lives. For example, the other day I attended the first meeting of the Frisbee Club here on the State University campus. During the meeting, we were discussing the fact we wanted shirts for this year, but we did not know what slogan to use.

The sad truth here is that we are in an era of out of control political-correctness. Anyone can at any time manipulate a situation to make themselves feel offended. What a pathetic waste of time.

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

There is no in between. If you give your opinion and it is not liked, you will get scorned for it. People nowadays are extremists and they get offended easily. Not everyone will agree on the same ideas and things. People need to understand that other people are not trying to hurt feelings when they’re not being politically correct. When I was a child in school, we had a period of time every day where we sat around the teacher and listened to them read. My teacher would say, “Ok everyone! Sit Indian Style.” Now my little sister is in 4th grade and she has no idea what sitting Indian Style is because it is called “crisscross-apple-sauce.” It is not called Indian Style anymore because no one wants to offend the Indians. But in reality, that is how they sit. So, why not name it after them? Because people want to be politically correct and people want others to know that they are in the wrong for not being politically correct. The people of today are so prideful that when they think they are right no one in the world can tell them differently. The reason there is no in between being politically correct or a bigot is because there is not enough people who say, “Who cares?” If more people thought that being too politically correct and calling other people bigots was pointless and a waist of time they would be the in between people, but then what would happen if no one was politically

Political correctness features prominently within the play. Political correctness was seen as a highly controversial issue in the late 1980s to the early 1990s and was argued within a 1992 essay collection, debating political correctness, that it was “The most important discussion in American education”. This was perhaps due to the numerous amounts of opinions on whether or not political correctness was right. Political correctness repressed people’s abilities to freedom of speech and therefore there were many differing

Progress cannot be achieved by focusing on socially accepted terms defined by people of power, rather it must come from a change in perspective. Whether a formerly incarcerated person calls themself “ex-con” or a female athlete refers to herself as “girl”, that does not grant others the ability to assign them such terms. We must treat people as equals despite connotations around their professions or identity. In addition, we must take into consideration that socially accepted labels may not be fair or tolerant towards other groups of people one does not identify with. Without gaining the insight of how groups of people or individuals want to be called, the default cannot be to adopt their terms. Rather be attentive and\refer to all people with terms of utmost respect. Also, it is not only important to be represented in society, rather crucial to be properly depicted and empowered as valuable individuals in order to close the gap of social inequality strengthened by derogatory

“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).