Political-correctness, described by Bill Lind on “The Origins of Political Correctness,” as a form of cultural Marxism due to the totalitarian ideology parallels, has currently shaped the way Americans process issues. Sadly, the problem is that many Americans simply can't recognize deficiencies anymore living with this belief . Political-correctness is a way to avoid offending, or hurting another person's feelings by for example, removing certain art, music, sexism, racism, etc.. Throughout the nineties and to this day, offending someone because something may possibly exhibit their “social disadvantages” or how they are “discriminated” has been considered unfathomable. This has gone to the extent of changing social norms, such as the word criminal.
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Further examples such as fireman, changed to the acceptable name as firefighter, since it would be sexual discrimination to say men only, fight fires. The list goes on and on, as do the ways in which people are offended in this country. But how did this happen? This way of thinking originates back to world war one, but primarily on college campuses. However, political-correctness has proliferated to an insane degree starting in the nineties that corrupts foundational components of the United States. Deficiency is a key word here considering that the very basis of “political-correctness” hinders ability to see these deficiencies whether it's common sense, money, strength, etc., because it is not “nice” to recognize them for what they really are anymore. Which in return spells disaster for many people, since this ideology blurs their capacity to see these deficiencies. Deficiencies ultimately lead to weakness, and being politically-correct has evolved to a degree that affects America’s students, military, and economics. This leads to the fact, political-correctness diminishes people's capacity to recognize true deficiencies, which is ultimately weakening the United
Further examples such as fireman, changed to the acceptable name as firefighter, since it would be sexual discrimination to say men only, fight fires. The list goes on and on, as do the ways in which people are offended in this country. But how did this happen? This way of thinking originates back to world war one, but primarily on college campuses. However, political-correctness has proliferated to an insane degree starting in the nineties that corrupts foundational components of the United States. Deficiency is a key word here considering that the very basis of “political-correctness” hinders ability to see these deficiencies whether it's common sense, money, strength, etc., because it is not “nice” to recognize them for what they really are anymore. Which in return spells disaster for many people, since this ideology blurs their capacity to see these deficiencies. Deficiencies ultimately lead to weakness, and being politically-correct has evolved to a degree that affects America’s students, military, and economics. This leads to the fact, political-correctness diminishes people's capacity to recognize true deficiencies, which is ultimately weakening the United