Posted on 07/12/2015 8:39:02 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
The term politically correct dates back to shortly after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Originally, it only meant adherence to the policies and principles of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (aka the party line). Inevitably, though, the term would become one of derision, mocking those who would blindly follow Stalins enormous policy flip-flops during and after World War II.
These days, the term is primarily used to mock the imposition of overly precious speech codes, supposedly intended to prevent insult. Too often, though, the net effect is simply censorship. A common complaint is that the choice of what constitutes a worthy class of victims to protect, is capricious and wildly inconsistent. Those familiar with George Orwells dystopian novel 1984 will see that PC is closely related to Newspeak, the official language of his fictional country Oceania.
Newspeak seeks to eliminate all rebellious thoughts, and as such contains no negative words. If a resident of Oceania wished to express the concept of bad, he must use the word ungood. In our present non-fiction world, we have come perilously close to this, with political correctness helping to establish the so-called narrative.
The narrative represents the official pre-fabricated version of virtually every cultural, economic, and social encounter in our daily lives. That this narrative is often in conflict with reality is diminishing in importance. Indeed, many have suggested that the imposition of an Orwellian narrative has fueled much drug and alcohol abuse, even among the truest of true believers.
The quintessential example of narrative involves the DC-area Beltway sniper attacks of October, 2002. Every expert in the media, not to mention law enforcement, proclaimed that the perp must be a disaffected white male, a la Timothy McVeigh...
(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...
The Fox ticker today reads:
...”All Trump All The Time”...
“Media Serve up the Daily Trump”
Media’s saying they really don’t want to center on Trump....but it’s good “business” since he’s tracking as he is in the polls...... “What can you do? He’s pulling in the crowds!”
Now Trump is not at all “Politically Correct”......and neither do most Americans want to be.....so the left is loosing their “control” and they know it.
LOLOLOL......
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