So, Who Started Political Correctness?

Posted by khalling 7 years, 7 months ago to Politics
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"At first glance, political correctness seems like a good thing. Do we really want to go back to a world where terms like nigger, faggot, darkie, chink, and slut were bandied about, as if language had no consequences? And don’t we want a world where silly stereotypes (“blondes make good secretaries,” “nurses cannot be male”) no longer restrict our choices?

But political correctness is not really about politeness, the giving or taking of offence, or freeing us from stereotypes. That’s the cover. Political correctness is part of a culture war, the roots of which go back to the 1920s. The culture war’s full-blown manifestation is what we are witnessing today; it has been ninety years in the making."
SOURCE URL: http://www.thesavvystreet.com/political-correctness-is-part-of-a-neo-marxist-culture-war/


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  • Posted by NalaniTex 7 years, 7 months ago
    The first known use of this term can be found in the Truman Library.

    What is meant by the modern term referred to as ‘POLITICAL CORRECTNESS’..
    The definition is found in 4 telegrams at the Truman Library and Museum
    in Independence, Missouri. The following are copies of four telegrams between
    President Harry Truman and Gen Douglas MacArthur on the day before the actual
    signing of the WWII Surrender Agreement in September 1945.. The contents of
    those four telegrams below are exactly as received at the end of the war - not a
    word has been added or deleted!


    (1) Tokyo, Japan
    0800-September 1,1945
    To: President Harry S Truman
    From: General D A MacArthur
    Tomorrow we meet with those yellow-bellied bastards and sign the Surrender
    Documents, any last minute instructions?

    (2) Washington, D C
    1300-September 1, 1945
    To: D A MacArthur
    From: H S Truman
    Congratulations, job well done, but you must tone down your obvious dislike
    of the Japanese when discussing the terms of the surrender with the press, because
    some of your remarks are fundamentally not politically correct!

    (3) Tokyo, Japan
    1630-September 1, 1945
    To: H S Truman
    From: D A MacArthur and C H Nimitz
    Wilco Sir, but both Chester and I are somewhat confused, exactly what does
    the term politically correct mean?

    (4) Washington, D C
    2120-September 1, 1945
    To: D A MacArthur/C H Nimitz
    From: H S Truman
    Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical
    minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the
    proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end!
    Now, with special thanks to the Truman Museum and Harry himself, you and I finally have a full
    understanding of what ‘POLITICAL CORRECTNESS’ really means.....
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  • Posted by Mamaemma 7 years, 7 months ago
    "Every unequal outcome is caused by oppression." Only one of many great lines in this article. Terrific post, K. Thank you.
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    • Posted by Vinay 7 years, 7 months ago
      Thank you.
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      • Posted by Mamaemma 7 years, 7 months ago
        The article is beautifully written, and is evidence of a superior mind, which is a joy to see. Thank you!
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        • Posted by 7 years, 7 months ago
          ah. I concur :)
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          • Posted by Maritimus 7 years, 7 months ago
            Dear Kaila,

            I cannot thank you enough for posting this great article.

            I have experienced "on my own skin" the burning impact of "if you are not with us, you are against us", or demands to toe the party line even the moment after it makes a U turn.

            With the disappearance of monarchic societies and the gradual, especially economical, liberation of the individual with the industrial revolution and the ever faster technological evolution, the power-greedy have no other choice. The one of ideological manipulation of those less inclined (or less able) to think carefully in order to conquer them and force them into a Utopia of their design. The Utopia that is contrary to all the basic elements of human nature and of life itself, most fundamentally because it entails the absolute power and supremacy of the "chosen" elite.

            That the "masses", in whose name they pretend to act, have been conditioned for millennia to obey a divinity, as voiced by "infallible" mouthpieces, does not help.

            I have no doubt that. in the long run, the manipulators will fail. They fake reality. How long? Perhaps even centuries. Depends on how many people like Mr. Kolhatkar get nursed to maturity, so that, despite the threats, they can keep the flame of liberty lit. How bloody? That, I think, depends on for how long the manipulators of truth are in power and how highly they build the resentment pressure in those who see through the horrendous, evil scheme.

            By now you are familiar with my verbosity. I still apologize for not taking the time to make my writing better.

            All the best. Sincerely, Maritimus
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  • Posted by term2 7 years, 7 months ago
    Frankly, I dont see anything wrong with speaking ones mind. The words that come out are a reflection of the speakers mind only. If those words are really stupid and ignorant, so be it.

    If the person who utters them is ever going to relieve himself of ignorance, it will be because he/she hears what they are saying and subjects them to the light of day.

    I would much rather people just tell me what they are thinking than to have their real thoughts hidden behind the variations of political correctness that are so popular today. That includes use of the words quoted above- nigger, faggot, etc.

    People also should have a somewhat thicker hide, and recognize that the words spoken are just a reflection of the thoughts of the speaker- thats all.

    No one ever died by simply being called a nigger or a faggot- it takes real actions to violate someones rights.
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 7 years, 7 months ago
    According to Orwell, "the purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible. Its vocabulary was so constructed as to give exact and often very subtle expression to every meaning that a Party member could properly wish to express, while excluding all other meaning and also the possibility of arriving at them by indirect methods. This was done partly by the invention of new words, but chiefly by eliminating undesirable words and stripping such words as remained of unorthodox meanings, and so far as possible of all secondary meaning whatever."
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  • Posted by Riftsrunner 7 years, 7 months ago
    "Whoever controls the language controls the debate". So if I can make you believe that Mexicans who have enter this country illegally are to be called 'undocumented workers' and not 'illegal aliens', I win the argument. Because I have made it almost impossible for you to address the issue without being called racist or heartless to want to deport these poor people and/or their families and undermine your arguments with voting populous. (and believe me, that is exactly how the responses are structured. Look at what has happened to Trump when he says he wants to LIMIT immigration from Muslim country until they have been vetted better. He is automatically called an 'racist islamophobe' which in turns, discredits his proposals). This is what political correctness does to the language. It's a subtle way of saying "Shut the Fuck Up" unless you want to be seen in a very negative light.
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    • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 7 years, 7 months ago
      Excellent and it's true purpose is induce a form of slavery. Using left wing definitions in ipolitics is another hundred year in the making incremental and often the use is condoned by 'it's what everyone undersands' but they really don't or they wouldn't have to ask why do Rinos always cave to the left. Properly stated there is no need to ask such a question.

      Left is those who believe in government control of citizens.

      Center of a Consitutional Republic is the Constitution

      Right formerly the seating area for the Kings representatives lost it's population to Madame Guillotine and remained empty when the Left added a ruling class to their classless vision.

      But if you define it as the description of those those who believe citizens control government the citizens become the ultimate source of power and replace the divine right of kings.,

      The rest follows. Right wing exgtremist is Anarchist

      Left wing extremist are National and International Socialists or Nazis and Communists. Add to that socialist progressives

      So if Republicans or RInos cave to the left it follwos they are not right of center which the left says is the center of the left but the right wing OF the left.

      Use their definitions you lose. Use definitions that work and are useful you win. Give into PC as Riftsrunner points out you learn to sayYes Massa and tug your forelock.

      You can make up your own system it's got to be better than that Political Crap garbage.
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  • Posted by $ Radio_Randy 7 years, 7 months ago
    None of the vulgar, slang, names you mentioned have been eliminated...only taken away from the vocabulary of the "white privileged". Minorities still, widely, use these terms for one another.

    Other than trampling the rights and free speech of whites, what purpose has political correctness served?
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  • Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 7 months ago
    "Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." Mary Poppins was right. When the progressives put forth the bitter pill of telling you how you may and may not speak, they add the sugar of political correctness to make it OK to lose your freedom.
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    • Posted by lrshultis 7 years, 7 months ago
      Don't leave out all the other groups that try to keep you from using certain words or phrases though most of the time it is for the children's sake. Religions have words that may only be spoken by the priest. Schools have all kinds of political standards of behavior. Conservatives are good at being sure nothing is bothersome on television, radio, movies, and art. If there had been a Garden of Eden, it would have had all kinds of political correct speech and behavior, why should one blame those dumb heads in the article for the contemporary political correctness cultural war.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 7 years, 7 months ago
    Political correctness has been around since the dawn of man - it isn't a new thing. PC is the attempt to hijack language and to deceive men into believing that the lipstick is more important than the pig.
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  • Posted by Flootus5 7 years, 7 months ago
    Having thought a bit more about this article and the concepts eloquently captured, it brings my mind into focus on the why's of Cultural Marxism.

    Why would a mind commit cognitive suicide? How can the individual mind subvert itself to larger mass indoctrination? Was Karl Marx truly aware of what he was doing and why, or just wallowing in the mudpool of jealousy, envy, and insecuredness of not matching up to an achieving western culture? The mindset of "if you can't compete then tear it down"? Is it a philosophy of envy and petulance?

    It reminds me of the type of children that, if they are losing at a board game of Monopoly, or chess, or checkers, then in a fit of rage they will fling the board and all the pieces off the table, and go away and sulk.
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  • Posted by Flootus5 7 years, 7 months ago
    This is a very thought provoking article. It captures some of the generalized observations and complaints about today's culture of complete cognitive dissonance and yet provides some more detailed names and places that apparently started this deliberate war on western culture. That is most interesting.

    However, the significance of the reference to Ayn Rand and The Cognitive Science of Narrative eludes me. Can anyone expand upon this?
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 7 years, 7 months ago
    I am going to answer before reading the article: Stalin...
    After reading the article: Ok, marxs but communitst like stalin put it into practice.
    It's funny, those that advocate political correctness and even stereo types are the one's that practice these perversions. They have become what they think about most of the time and have used it as a weapon against the rest of us.

    There is Truth...truth is embedded in the physical laws of existence, However, our understanding of the physical laws might always evolve.
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  • Posted by JuliBMe 7 years, 7 months ago
    Marxists pull the wool over everyone's eyes and make them question even common sense. "A" is not "A", "A" is oppression. "B" is oppression. Free markets aren't the most MORAL and SUCCESSFUL way people conduct themselves and lives. Free Markets are the pejorative, "Capitalism", an UNFAIR process of big business STEALING from the little guy. Marxism is the philosophy of malcontents. There will always be malcontents who do not like logic or truth because it does not satisfy what is wrong within THEMSELVES. Since there will always be malcontents and people who will not accept responsibility for themselves, how do we combat it?
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  • Posted by basalyga1 7 years, 7 months ago
    Great article. Love the Matrix connection. Love Isaac Newton's quote at the end. Truth is harder to discover than ever since so many claim to have it.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 7 years, 7 months ago
    I still thing PC has almost no meaning. In 1990 i meant saying "disabled" or even "differently-abled" instead of handicapped.

    Today it is a general-purpose straw man for people too lazy to formulate a real straw-man-fallacy argument. You say, "The argument in favor of [insert proposition here] is PCness, but I disagree with PC."

    It can also be the cry of people who want to be rude and make people feel uncomfortable. If someone says they're more comfortable being called "disabled" than "handicapped", normal people just avoid the language that bothers people. People who enjoy making people feel uncomfortable are often unsuccessful in life, and they love the notion their failures are because of PC conspiracy against rude people.

    This article reads like a parody that attempts to paint anti-PC people as not just rude people but an Anders Breivik level of evil. So if this article were parody it's close to reaching Godwin's law, trying to associate some idea, in this case anti-PC, with Hitler or his supporters. It sounds though like Kolhatkar writes without irony. He spouts a few words about "individualism" while making arguments premised on viewing people as groups. I can't tell if it's a parody or if he really means it.
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    • Posted by Vinay 7 years, 7 months ago
      CG, please read the article. It's not for PC. It's against. It's PC whose origins are Marxist.
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      • Posted by CircuitGuy 7 years, 7 months ago
        " It's PC whose origins are Marxist."
        I don't believe PC or "Cultural Marxism" exist. Maybe the words mean group identity politics, which I believe does exist and is a real problem. In explaining "Cultural Marxism", you cite the Brevik Manifesto, making it seem like the whole thing might be a parody attempting to brand anti-PC as just a code word for one extremist brand of group identity politics.
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        • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 7 years, 7 months ago
          Just call it what it is Political Crap. Somewhere I put the degeneration of the process as a comment with the link to the Princeton University approved speech list. Man is not banned. yet in their approved list it was listed three or four times as part of human and son was listed as part of person. The whole thing is ridiculous when you when your replace The Helm meaning whose steering with Direction Selection Person
          or waiter and waitress with wait person. Who wants to wait and is their a per daughter? The way to combat it is a don't use it. I don't have a four person boat I have as six occupant or a two crew boat. This made up stuff when there is an entire million plus word dictionary for those not to lazy and intellectually dishonest to open it's pages. I've yet to not find a gender neutral desciption but the worst so far is pilot person or City Council President Person. What's wrong with Pilot or Council Member or Council chair

          Nothing and that is the one word which describves the value of PC.
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