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    Political correctness in the United States 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

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    made today. Movies, money, and political correctness, the new golden rule in American life, which is to never joke about anything that may be deemed even remotely offensive or upsetting by any segment of the population for any reason. Watch a movie like Dirty Harry or a Marilyn Monroe film, and they are tame compared to what we see in today's horror movies like "Saw". But with Hollywood comedy, it has gone in a different direction, in the name of political correctness. I do not think a movie like Blazing

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    The Totalitarian Nature of Political Correctness When people face the confrontation between the society and political correctness we always side with political correctness. When someone raise an objection to political correctness, it will bring about social execution. When did our society became a monitor trying to find someone to judge? From when our society became a place where freedom of word is not an option anymore? From when we had to be fearful of what we say, of what we write, and of what

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    number of Americans to fall victim to a growing epidemic caused by our obsession with political correctness. In his 1951 Dedication to the American Legion, President Harry Truman warned that “when even one American—who has done nothing wrong—is

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    The issue I have chosen to write about this week is “political correctness”. I am not sure if this would be considered social, cultural, or political because it affects all areas. Merriam-webster defines political correctness as “ conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of sex or race) should be eliminated “ (Merriam-Webster, 2015) Socially, America has gotten to a place where everyone is offended about something and we are teaching

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    safe spaces, and microaggressions; call it by any name you want, but political correctness has entered our life in academic, work, and personal environments. This fear has created a widespread impact in our scholastic exchanges, our Universities and schools now police the exchange of ideas, the conversation of the minds that they are chartered to encourage, they have suppressed. When it comes to talking about political correctness you have to “watch what you say” you don't want to “offend anybody”

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    however, this completely rejects the idea of free speech, and while it should be frowned upon and monitored, the words should not be banned by any means. Political correctness is slowly chipping away at the fabric of free speech in America. The basis of political correctness is that people get offended by words and gestures. Political correctness calls for avoiding words and gestures which may be offensive to groups of people who may be at a disadvantage socially or suffer from discrimination for

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    Students of today are not being challenged as they should. Political correctness has become to run rampant and has come to silence great, intellectual minds. They are unable to speak out on different topics because what they have to say may be harsh, or hard to hear. Students do not want to be challenged, they want to be coddled. They want to go back to kindergarten and have their nap times, to have a “safe-space” that they can retreat to. They want juice boxes and puppy piles, to not face a harsh

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    and easily offended. We have restricted our speech in a way that is damaging to our social-political system and to the American public. Simply, political correctness has barred us from achieving goals and has turned our generation into sensitive social justice warriors. Nowadays, it is unacceptable to say what's on your mind because of the fear of ridicule and negativity it brings. Political correctness is the idea of limiting speech, actions, and or expression that offends a group of people

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    A Political Hurricane Straight out of Manhattan: Donald Trump The Republican Party had no hesitation gearing up for the 2016 Presidential Election after former Governor Mitt Romney lost to incumbent President Obama. What many assumed would be a traditional conservative primary election cycle has since unraveled into one of the most diverse and publicly watched pool of candidates of a primary election in the United States. And there can be only one reason for it: Donald Trump. Donald Trump, prior

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