Even though political correctness was created with a good purpose, most of the time it

does more damage than good. The most explicit instance of damage is how political correctness
fans try not to offend anyone.
The standards of our country have transformed drastically over the past few decades
thanks to a society that was created by and for a system (communism) that we have not accepted
for as long as The United States has existed. This has forced me to ask, what consequences do
we allow by permitting political correctness to rule what we do, say, and think? Political
correctness has touched every American in some way or another. It has helped some while
limiting the imaginations and ideas of many more. Its standards and principals have become
rooted in our social values and the consequences shaped by it can be felt on a global scale. This
Disease in our society must be dealt with decisively if our way of life is to survive.

In Political Correctness: The Scourge of our Times published by the Independent UK,
Agustin Blazquez introduces us to the origins of political correctness and condemns its
censorship of the American mind. Political Correctness, according to Blazquez, was invented in
Germany during the Third Reich as both a propagation technique for communism and a solution
to the western way of thinking. He points out that for communism to extend its reach it had to
undermine the foundations of Western Civilization by chipping away at the rights of its people;
one way to do this was to change our speech and thought patterns by spreading the idea that
vocalizing our beliefs is disrespectful to others. Blazquez also shows through several examples
how PCness is a sophisticated and dangerous form of censorship and oppression, imposed
upon the citizenry with the ultimate goal of manipulating, brainwashing, and destroying its
society. He also goes into some depth about the double standard of combining religion and state

in our country; as well as the proliferation of Political Correctness by our educational system.
Blazquez concludes his argument by stating, its one thing to be educated, considerate, polite,
and have good manners; and another to be forced to self-censor and say things that are incorrect
in order to comply with the arbitrary dictums of a deceiving and fanatical virus that is embedded
in our society.

In The Imus Fallout: Who Can Say What? Published by Time Magazine, James
Poniewozik addresses Don Imus comment referring to the Rutgers womens basketball team as
nappy headed hoes. Poniewozik explores the details of political correctness as it relates to race
class, and gender. He represents his case through an inquiry into who can say what? The recent
incidents involving: Michael Richards saying nigger, Isaiah Washington saying faggot, and Mel
Gibson saying f*cking Jews, aid him in the pursuit of an answer to his question. It used to be
assumed that people were free to joke about their own kind, says Poniewozik, but all that is
being changed by many factions, especially comedians. However, why is it ok for Dave
Chappell, or Iisa Lampaneli to use racist and sexist speech and not ok for Don Imus? Poniewozik
answers this question by telling us that the line is drawn different for different people depending
on any number of things. The main importance is that you purchase the right to say offensive
jokes through some form of your own vulnerability. Both Poniewozik and Blazquez confront the
validity of political correctness in our society; Poniewozik nds that PCness has a place in our
lives if used more like common sense, while Blazquez believes that political correctness is a
scourge that we must abolish, both articles forced me to question the origins and mediums of
political correctness, while also analyzing the results and effects of it on our civilization.

Common sense should be the ultimate guide when deciding the appropriate way to
approach any situation. In spite of their disagreement over whether Political Correctness should
be an entity in the U.S. both Poniewozik and Blazquez agree that it is used in situations where
simple common sense would do the trick. Poniewozik shows his distaste of how political
correctness operates when he examines why some people can use racially denoted words while
others cannot. But he also supports its use in the case of Don Imus, because he put himself in the
shoes of the women from the Rutgers basketball team. I got a sense of confusion from him about
the subject, especially when it comes to where we draw the line on what you can and cannot say.
However, common sense seems to be universal when these kinds of situations arise.

While Poniewozik seems on the fence about Political Correctness you cannot
misinterpret Blazquezes hatred of its origin and the roles it plays now. He believes that as a
principle political correctness should be abolished. There is an overwhelming consensus that
political correctness originated in pre-WW2 Germany as a tool of communism. Blazquez is only
one of many to promote this fact. If only more people knew where this practice was born and the
reasons that it was instituted I believe everyone would share in Blazquezes loathing of its control
over our social interaction. Blazquez also tells us about the double standard of religion and state
present in our society. In the winter of 2006 Christmas decorations at schools were being
attacked as unconstitutional for the rst time in America. While at the same time there was
school staffs having their students pretend to be warriors ghting for Islam. When will this
sordid action of mixing religion and state come to an end? It is unacceptable to have children
witness authority gures putting down our own culture just to make other people feel better
about themselves. People wonder why American children are more depressed than ever. Well

when you take away everything a child loves in holidays, and everything they think because it
might hurt someones feelings that is what you end up with, a depressed person.

The origins of political correctness are very distinct and its movements around society
exceptionally systematic. Political Correctness was created as an Idea at the Institute for Social
Research in Frankfurt, Germany which was founded in 1923 by a group of thinkers who got
together to nd a solution to the biggest problem facing communism in Russia. That problem
was, why isnt communism spreading? They deduced that the problem was western civilizations
belief that the individual can develop good ideas on their own, which was contrary to the
communist view of the team over the individual. So to undermine the western way of thinking
they decided to spread the idea that relating your beliefs to others could be disrespectful and that
you need to change the way you think and act so you wont be impolite. After its creation it
reached the rest of the world mostly through the Frankfurt school. A prime example of its
capabilities is Cuba. Once political correctness took hold it was not long until Fidel Castro turned
Cuba into a Fascist Communist Government. In the U.S. the main driving force behind political
correctness is our educational institutions as well as our government. Political Correctness has
used many vehicles to worm its way into different societies. One thing is for certain though, once
it is embedded in your culture it is near impossible to remove, and it has a destructive power
unlike any we have ever faced.
The effects and consequences of political correctness on our country are far reaching and
largely entrenched in our ethics and moral structure. At rst glance there are few objections to
political correctness. After all what could possibly be wrong with something that tries to make
everyone happy at the same time. The problem with political correctness is that not everyone can

be happy about the same things. There will always be some dissent from some group of people
on any given subject. So the only solution to this problem according to political correctness is for
people to sensor themselves of any unique and distinguishing thoughts or ideas, because those
ideas are bound to offend someone on some level. The result of this can be seen in our
government, our children, and our society as a whole. Our government is slowly slipping into a
Marxist mindset, they are becoming dictators as can be seen by legislator like the Patriot Act.
Our children are learning in school that being PC is more important than achieving their goals
of being the next great inventor, an astronaut, or physicist. In essence our society is on a long
degrading path which will ultimately result in us becoming what we fought so hard to prevent.
We are no longer the smartest nation, the most innovative nation, or the most moral nation. This
as I see it is a test for Americans to see if we can ght off the downfall of our nation through
rejection of a principle that at first 10016 good, but when it is dissected there is only evil at its
heart.

As a whole the institution of political correctness has proven its qualities and they are
few. The only group of people that I can see having a use for political correctness is the
extremely ignorant. Common sense encompasses every bit of information you need, to nd out
what is not ok to say, think, or do. Blazquez believes very strongly in the eradication of political
correctness, and while Poniewozik still has some shortcomings about getting rid of it he also
believes that common sense is all a reasonably intelligent person needs. With all the negative
results of this laid out it is hard to believe that no one has made a stand against this travesty. I
only hope that political correctness is not too far embedded in our society to be removed. That
would be a true loss.

Political Correctness:
Americas Kryptonite

Zenon Yanez

Period 2
9/13/15
Mr.Mecca