Politically Correct Culture

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

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

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

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

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.

In her article, “The Word Police”, Michiko Kakutani said “many gung-ho advocates of politically correct language seem to

Political correctness is a concept encouraged in the simplicity of technology. And perhaps, it is political correctness which tears apart and inhibits the expression of the self, leading to suppression and depression. Technology is the vector by which expression can be allowed or burned into ashes.

If you are looking for an occasion to be offended, you will not be disappointed. Offense is an entrapment to keep you in the Gilded Cage, why, because this type of learned behavior creates confrontation… negative confrontation. This means there is no solution for the problem. Whatever the problem is, if you don’t acknowledge the problem, there is no accountability for the action, that is palpable; self-evident. For example: Get rich quick schemes, racial chauvinism, and divorce, religious chauvinism, and racketeering, bait and switch. When folks are offended, folks usually have a knee jerk reaction to the offense, retaliation. Then sort out why this happens…maybe. I am sorry to say, wake up, offense is going to happen in life, in the world. Lawsuit, brutality, inflation, bankruptcy, being spit on, gender chauvinism, class warfare, child endangerment, half-truths, secrets, unfaithful, profanity, any type to toxic, toxic, toxic behavior, keeps you shackled to the Gilded Cage.

The term politically correct first appeared in the 1960’s and from then it has evolved far beyond its originally purposes. In his article “Apple Removes All American Civil War Games From the App Store Because of the Confederate Flag”, Tasos Lazarides informs people about Apple’s decision to remove the imagery of the Confederate Battle Flag the author does not take a strong position in the argument. He uses the article more for informational purposes, as opposed to using the article for an argument. Recently there has been uproar over the use of the Confederate Battle Flag. People find it offensive and therefore, it is being taken down everywhere. The flag is historical and does carry connotations; however, that is

The main way words affect us or cause harm are of hate crimes. “Hate speech is bias-motivated speech aimed at a person identified as a member of a historically victimized group based on gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, or disability” (Jay 83). Also hate speech is any gesture or conduct, writing, or display which is directed toward an individual or group, because it intimidates them. Many times you have heard someone get upset and call someone a name based off what they see on the outside, we don’t ever seem to think about who they really are or what we know about them just by looks. There are

This is also complex in the sense that they attack someone, and as soon as anyone fights back, one could pull the card. “you see, they are offended, they are too worried about being politically correct!” or something of the sort. This however, would not be objective, and although some people may be offended by too much, there is no

The first amendment is a very important right for everyone, but should certain “offensive” speech be protected? “Offensive” is defined as causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry; also can mean insulting, isolating, derogatory, disrespectful and abusive. It isolates and separates others in different ways. We should respect others and how they feel. When others speak freely about whatever they desire it imposes on others freedom to not want to hear what others are saying.

Political correctness is cultural Marxism. Marx, as cited in Introduction to Social Science course guide, believed that if people were left to work on their own they would be more efficient. He had an ideological belief that laborers could actually want