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    1. How do you define political correctness? Political Correctness: It can be defined as the usage of words in an offensive way intentionally to target people who have different views. It is a broad term and everyone has a different definition of political correctness. In other words, political correctness can be defined as false representation of individual’s personal view which can be offensive to other people. 2. How does your definition differ from those of President Obama and Ms. Kohn? My

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    Political Correctness is cultural Marxism. It is Marxism translated from economic into cultural terms. If we compare the basic tenets of Political Correctness with classical Marxism the parallels are very obvious. It is a reduced language created by the totalitarian power as a tool to limit free thought, and concepts that pose a threat to the regime such as freedom, self-expression, individuality, peace, etc. PC affects society in both a negative and positive way. By enforcing PC within our society

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    Political correctness has gone too far 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

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    America has been saddled with an unspoken responsibility for the last half century, that of political correctness, diversity breeds racial tension, and the idea of political correctness has a tendency to make that tension worse. America is considered one of the most diverse nations in the world. People come from all over the globe to find their success story, the American dream, whether it exists or not. Through that diversity there have been many racial conflicts. These conflicts have led to large

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    The Death of Free Speech: Political Correctness and its attacks on the First Amendment We hold these [sincerely held beliefs] to be [accepted by all the polls], that all [persons] [exist equally], that they are endowed by their [multicultural religious entity] with certain unalienable Rights, [unless those unalienable rights happen to encroach upon another person's safe space]. Everyone who reads this statement and then reads the original can see that the sentence above has many issues. Not the least

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    Although the term “political correctness” may be somewhat new, the sentiment behind it is as old as comedy, itself; comedians have never been able to joke about controversial subjects without incurring criticism. The proliferation of social media is the main culprit behind the seemingly pervasive presence of political correctness. An increasing number of ways to record and stream stand-up routines means that a comedian cannot test a joke out without running the risk of finding themselves in the middle

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    use of political correctness and politeness; language becomes ‘context-appropriate’ as it suits a particular audience and purpose. Standards must also be taken into consideration as the uses of either non-standard and standard forms of language may be better suited to a situation and in turn, aid the effectiveness of the language. In our modern day society the limits which we willingly enforce upon our own free speech can take form as either

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    One of the major rallying cries in this election cycle, particularly on the right, has been that political correctness is degrading public discourse and effectively censoring political speech. While I am sensitive to defenders of political correctness, and agree with the principle of political correctness insofar as it requires treating people with respect and being sensitive to the ways different experiences shape how people interpret various speech acts, there is something to be said for having

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    somehow outrages us? Really? We control the Media, the Presidency, the entire Congress, the Court and Education Systems, the Bureaucracy, the Military Hierarchy, all of Academia, both Democratic and Republican Parties, and most of all – through Political Correctness – Everything that comes out of everyone’s mouth – including YOURS. We are everywhere, into everything, and there is nothing you can do about it. Hee Hee Hee Soon, all remembrance of anything of the past will be erased and replaced by what

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    come to light is politically correct, or as it is commonly referred to “PC.” In today's society people have become so focused on what's PC that the smallest offensive action can result in a massive lawsuit. America's recent development of political correctness is essentially a train the too many people hopped on, and then the train caught way too much speed. This trend has obviously spread like wildfire in the liberal college environment, and has even inhibited colleges from hiring commencement speakers

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