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    Did you know that the Trump administration recently amended former President Obama’s executive order that required every state to have gender neutral bathrooms? The lengths that the liberal community has gone through to separate and appropriate gender is extensive. In everyday conversation in today's society it is stressed to be considerate of one’s chosen gender. Being politically correct now is using the correct pronoun for the specific person and being aware of their choice and using the…

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    Thank you very much. This is — great to be with people I truly feel comfortable with. Please sit down. They’ll say I didn’t get a standing ovation because they never sat down. And I say, I got one standing ovation because they never sat down. But I want to thank you. I have great, great love for what you do and the way you do it. And when I’m with the police chiefs and I’m with the sheriffs of our country — and these are the big ones. These are the really big ones. I just want to thank you…

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    Living Dictionaries defines political correctness as “The avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against (Oxford University Press).” While it is all well and good to do our best not to offend others, it becomes a problem when we start to censor the truth, or worse alter it to fit our view point or “group of the moment.” Political correctness is not freedom of speech but…

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    Political Correctness Is Ruining American Tradition Over the past decade, it has become more and more apparent that traditions in sports, specifically football, have been undermined by political correctness in America. Nicknames for football teams such as Savages, Blackhawks, Seminoles, and Redskins have long been integrated into the core of the sport and are still to this day are highly common nickname for teams at the high school, collegiate, and even professional level. However, the…

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    It is act of respect when watching the things that individuals say. One of the top elements in “political correctness” is when women are being attacked. For example they have many sexist language like mailman, fireman, or policeman (Peterson). However, there is not just political correctness of women, but how you describe someone as well like gay or retarded. A person should not be judge by their action or something they are born with. However, others…

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    Affirmative Action – Discriminatory Political Correctness The heat was sweltering August 28, 1963 and a mass of demonstrators had gathered to protest the racial inequality and discrimination in these United States. Imploringly, a woman called upon a reverend to deliver his dream. The reverend proclaimed with great authority that he had dreamed “…one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and…

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    The level of political correctness in Fahrenheit 451 may have surpassed the intent of such non discriminatory actions by replacing an offensive ignorance for another, less offensive ignorance. Instead of giving minorities a voice, the warped sense of equality in Fahrenheit 451 deliberately…

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    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…

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    just a fraction of the effects political correctness has had on college campuses…

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    Political correctness is making the accommodations to avoid using terms that could potentially offend people. An example of political correctness, is not using the word ‘gay’ to define someone’s sexual orientation but instead ‘homosexual.’ Political correctness aims to prevent oppressed communities from feeling demeaned and instead feel equal. Political correctness was created with a necessary purpose but now it is being taken out of context…

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