POLITICALLY CORRECT- What does it imply - (part 2)

Politically correct is used to describe language, ideas, policies, or behavior that promotes minimum offense to racial, cultural, or other identity groups. The term dates back to Mao's little red book and was later adopted by the radical left in the 1960s. The term "political correctness" is derived from vocabulary of the left and was used to describe the appropriate "party line" or the “correct line". Those not toeing the "correct line" were often punished.

Decent (non-offensive) language and behavior are the products of ones attitude, prejudices and many other compulsions. In absence of real conviction good language may be used (under peer pressure) but will not be backed by consonant behavior. The end result being a mere lip service to decency ….. as evident by numerous incidences in our own country.

Politics is defined as the art of the possible. It is quite likely that this ends up as a tool for control of open thought and its subsequent dispersal and transmission. Political correctness endangers free speech at all levels especially in academic and political forums. In a democratic set up who has the right to decide what is correct to think and say.

The politics of not upsetting anyone, demands that all must accept the notions of the Politically Correct as truth, or ……. The same mentality inspired the Inquisition, Galileo’s persecution and the Nazis. When free expression gets placed in a straitjacket of official truth, a totalitarian state is the result. All life is in a state of suspended animation where terror rules.

The book “Fahrenheit 450” describes a society that became sterile and docile because written matter that offended anyone was not published and the society did not accept it. The move towards political correctness perpetuated intellectual stagnation in the society. This resulted in a state where very few ruled the majority.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free (Ronald Reagan, President, USA).

The risky and potentially dangerous frivolities of language should not be allowed to distract us from the more important issues that require instant attention.

The implications are grave; however, not to get trapped in such political avariciousness is solely up to us.

I am fully committed to decent speech and behavior. It is the exploitation of my decency that I am not ready to accept.

Tags: farce, risky, exploitation

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