Political correctness

but courage under fire. Who today among the political glitterati would mortgage the same? Perhaps the more telling question is how many of us realize that America is transforming into something more debauched than what the…

The most commonly identified elements of terroristic threat are that it must be willful, have specific intent, be “unequivocal, unconditional and specific,” and cause reasonable fear. Specific intent means the utterance of the threat is enough for criminal liability, regardless if you do not plan to carry out your threat, or even have the means to. A willful threat is one with tangible violent or malignant intention behind it and can include both immediate and future harm. Though it has been…

Everyone First Education Nowadays, being political correct is a status nobody can achieve, with the amount of triggers, safe spaces, and cultural appropriation set by social justice warriors. A liberally educated person, as described by William Cronon article Only Connect… strives to achieve this status in their everyday life; they are scholars with a well-rounded knowledge base who have learned to connect with all groups of people. Having learned to avoid conforming to prejudices by basing…

While most would agree that the aforementioned pros to this issue are important, political correctness simply isn't the means for obtaining these benefits. Augusto Zimmerman and Lorraine Finlay not only hold strongly to this view (which disagrees with Corolla’s) but go as far to contend “Absolute free speech under all circumstances can never be a possibility… speech advocating or inciting direct acts of violence and direct attacks on the physical integrity of another person should never be…

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…

In majority of college campuses today free speech is not only encouraged but also emphasized to be one of the most important rights a civilian could have, but is it abused or simply just taken out of context? Free speech is one of the most common rights used all over campuses throughout the nation. We often see protestors against animal cruelty and more recently against the results to the 2016 election, as well as organizations trying to raise awareness for certain causes such as global warming.…

Have you ever thought about how often you have heard or used the word retarded? I bet you could come up with a few examples, but then again maybe you can’t. Maybe the word retarded has just become a normal part of our culture and therefore a normal part of our daily lives. You may have heard someone telling a story about how they did something that you considered to be really stupid and by the end of the story it only seemed fitting to respond with…”man you’re so retarded” and move on in the…

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…

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…

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…