Political Correctness In America

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

By enforcing a limit such as political correctness, people having differing opinions and backgrounds are able to refrain from offending one another through their use of certain lexical terms. Even though political correctness is viewed in some cases as being linguistically-restrictive among many people, members of society are somewhat expected to use these terms as a means of being polite. This form of language is a necessity being that some attitudes portrayed through certain aspects of language are considered taboo and otherwise offensive. An anonymous contributor commented their opinion to Debate.org about political correctness being a ‘necessary’ part of our language on the grounds

Political Correctness should always be the main consideration in the mainstream media (msm) reports, as well as the academic world. In the book Bias, A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News, the author, Bernard Goldberg, expressed his view on how did the liberal bias and political correctness work in the CBS and other msm. In “I Thought Our Job Was to Telling the Truth,” Goldberg was telling us how the political correctness effect on reporting racial issues. In 1995, Larry Doyle, a reporter, and his team were sent to Alabama to report the chain gang prisoners by the Evening News of the CBS. According to the interview with the chain gang, Doyle finished his report factually and honestly, and sent them back. However, Doyle was asked

It allows people to view everything differently and live life according to a belief. People are more likely to view things as good or bad with an ideology. It is also more probable for them to make direct decisions. It bring more people together and creates a common goal for people. People can obtain a sense of belonging and people can work together to achieve many achievements. Many citizens believe that an ideology may create a good life and everyone can live peacefully. But if everyone shared an ideology, then people would have less of an identity. And people may do anything to finish their goal, even if its extreme. Following an ideology can be beneficial. but it can also be harmful. So we should only hold an ideology to an certain extent.

Political correctness according to the merriam webster dictionary is: agreeing with the idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people. Being politically correct is something that is encouraged by many in order to avoid offensive terms that may result in violence, protest, etc. So if the chalk writings only said “Vote Trump” or “Trump 2016” there would be fewer issues surrounding the messages if

The “Politically Correct” movement’s purpose is to bring historically condescending terms, offensive music and art, and controversial educational content to an end and replace them with more positive and less-offending references. Offensive and demoralizing efforts are wrong, but the censorship and deletion of words and phrases that do not contain the intention to demoralize are taking political correctness too far. Politically correct (or “PC”) antics have created a social decline that is growing worse with each generation, specifically regarding areas of art, education, language, and our right to freedom of speech; the degradation they have brought to the American psyche has even led to

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

everybody believes political correctness is a good thing.One standpoints that can defend this. Equally the other side, has some advantages.  Not everybody believes political correctness is in the nest interest of everyone. We all have our

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.

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

In the past few years, during the holiday season, “happy holidays” can be heard instead of the traditional “merry Christmas.” This is because some people find the term merry Christmas offensive. As a result, the use of the term is frowned upon, unless it is within a religious setting. This is an example of political correctness encroaching on people’s first amendment rights. Even though it is still legal to say merry Christmas there is an aura of judgement that goes along with it. Over time it seems like the ban upon any speech that anyone finds offensive will be implemented. Not so fast, according to the USA today there is a resistance to outlandish political correctness. People seem to be bothered by the disingenuous salutation “happy holidays”: Ninety-five percent insist they are not offended by being greeted with a "Merry Christmas" while shopping, but greet them with a "Happy Holidays," and 46% claim to take offense.” (‘Merry Christmas’ Is Favored Greeting). In the past it has not been completely appropriate for people to use “merry Christmas”; however, now it appears that people find it better for a few to be slightly offended than for traditions to be broken. People’s resistance to political correctness protects their first amendment rights and continues American traditions.

Fear is driving America. Fear of saying the wrong thing, fear of thinking the wrong thing, even fear of dressing the wrong way. While this fear is prevalent, each of us respond to if differently. Some of us fear so much about offending others that we seek out others to tell them what to do, what to think, and how to act. While some of feel as if political correctness is being forced upon us and we take every means to that we deem necessary to protect their right to say and believe what they want.

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

In summary, political correctness is a huge issue, and one that needs to be acted upon quickly. Ever since this concept has been introduced, our society has been slowly morphing into the totalitarian government of “1984”, a government in which no one is a real human. Without the ability to think or talk, those creatures have lost their humanly rights, and aren’t humans anymore. I believe that, if not stopped, political correctness can turn