Posted on 01/25/2011 11:46:23 AM PST by FredJake
Politcal correctness - the idea of subsituting certain words or thoughts with others deemed to be "acceptable" - is destroying America.
The phrase came about, according to Bill Lind in an address ten years ago, in a comic strip. We laugh at the idea of political correctness, but as Lind points out, it is deadly serious. He calls it the:
...great disease of our century, the disease that has left tens of millions of people dead in Europe, in Russia, in China, indeed around the world. It is the disease of ideology. PC is not funny. PC is deadly serious.
We have seen political correctness, or PC, rear its ugly head since the shootings in Tucson.
For example, one Member of Congress announced he would introduce legislation banning the use of crosshair graphics in political ads, and a CNN talk show host apologized after a guest used the term.
"We're trying to get away from using that kind of language," John King explained.
Others have actually suggested banning certain words from our vocabulary, as though that in and of itself would prevent other acts of violence.
Destruction of language was a central theme in George Orwell's signature novel 1984, a book that should be required reading for anyone concerned about the state of modern American politics, for in it one finds many parallels between the fictitious tyrannical state of Oceania and modern liberalism.
Remove words, and one removes thought; Remove thought, and one removes freedom. In a conversation with the main character, Winston Smith, one of the "creators" of Newspeak explained:
The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy means not thinking -- not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness
If this sounds familiar, it should.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Every time someone pushes political correctness in person, we need to respond, “political correctness is so gay!”
Reproductive Health = Abortion
Inner City = Ghetto or Slum
Issues = Problems
Investment = Government Spending
Bookmark.
Thinkspeak.
I fully agree with the thesis, but the credibility of the author is kind of lacking and taints the whole thing. He says the phrase “political correctness” originated around 10 years ago, but it has been around a lot longer.
No offense to anyone, but I read articles like this and I have to wonder if Jared Loughner with his obsession on the government control of language is all that crazy after all? Is he crazy for pointing it out or are we crazy for allowing it?
Excellent response. Can we get a bumper sticker with this?
Political correctness is going to kill us all if we don’t put a stop to it soon!
You are right, the author betrays a lack of understanding of the subject matter of his essay by not knowing the origin of the phrase, and thus hurts his credibility.
undocumented worker = illegal alien
diversity = non-white people
affirmative action = discrimination against whites and asians
equality = handicapping or punishing performers and producers
economically disadvantaged = welfare parasites
You got it, Bubba!
affordable housing = govvie handouts
I received a Christmas gift of “Politically Correct Bedtime Stories” in the early ‘90’s. If a parody of it only emerged that late, I knew the origins went back much further.
Actually, he quotes someone else who made the statement. The speech he quotes was made ten years ago.
PC started destroying the West the year the UN was created.
The sad thing is, Political Correctness is far more insidious than just the language attack. The Left has succeeded in minimizing Political Correctness to that one aspect, then throwing in the humor with it.
I remember Rush talking about this in the 1980’s. Anyone know when the comic first came out?
Political Correctness is not funny. Political Correctness is deadly serious. Political Correctness has no sense of humor.
For instance, I once spent 2 1/2 (paid) days and nights in a hotel, stuck on the groupthink/sensitivity train of thought. They had a lesson on humor - hung up three sheets of chartpad (2’ X 3’?) covered with NO!
As in: No black jokes, no white jokes, no fat jokes, no thin jokes, no blonde jokes, no gay jokes, no old jokes, no young jokes, no Arab jokes, no Jew jokes, no clerk jokes, no customer jokes, no Protestant jokes(?), no gay-Catholic-priests-raping-altar-boy jokes, no biker jokes, no tree-hugger jokes, no cat jokes, no dog jokes, animal jokes, no robot jokes, no tall jokes, no short jokes, no men jokes, and ESPECIALLY NO WOMEN JOKES!
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