Why do they refer to these modern-day belief systems as "politically correct"?
Weren't they all conceived and initiated by special-interest factions of private citizens?
I've yet to hear a political candidate give a speech like
"...although the First Amendment of the Constitution guarantees us our freedom of speech we still must not allow any further continuation of the unbridled usage of any kind of speech which has been deliberately worded in such a way as to undermine the integrity and psychological well-being of any one single individual or any one specific group of individuals or of any one or more organizations, businesses, or institutions
...that it now be considered necessary to enact and legislate written laws and decrees whose purpose is to collectively temper the content and tone of public discourse, be it speech or written matter---whether online or on paper---in a way which will keep our freedom of speech and freedom of self-expression from trampling on the dignity and sensibilities of all fellow American citizens, thus ensuring an environment of greater social and interactive diplomacy in our day-to-day face-to-face dealings with one another ..."
Weren't they all conceived and initiated by special-interest factions of private citizens?
I've yet to hear a political candidate give a speech like
"...although the First Amendment of the Constitution guarantees us our freedom of speech we still must not allow any further continuation of the unbridled usage of any kind of speech which has been deliberately worded in such a way as to undermine the integrity and psychological well-being of any one single individual or any one specific group of individuals or of any one or more organizations, businesses, or institutions
...that it now be considered necessary to enact and legislate written laws and decrees whose purpose is to collectively temper the content and tone of public discourse, be it speech or written matter---whether online or on paper---in a way which will keep our freedom of speech and freedom of self-expression from trampling on the dignity and sensibilities of all fellow American citizens, thus ensuring an environment of greater social and interactive diplomacy in our day-to-day face-to-face dealings with one another ..."
Ironical: Extreme PC kills diversity.
ReplyDeleteI had a bit of fun retrofitting the style of orating typical of 19th and early-to-mid 20th century speech-making with the social/political concerns of today
ReplyDelete...in all its lofty Dickensian verbiage glory.
I'm sure I probably have Lincoln, FDR, and JFK rolling over in their graves with this one.