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Political correctness is a concept invented by hard-rightwing forces to defend their right to be racist, to treat women in a degrading way and to be truly vile about gay people.

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Political correctness is a heritage of communism (and not in a good way) in that it is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others.

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Political correctness is a conservative mythology which declares that conservatives are the victims of a prevailing leftist ideology in American universities, oppressed by radical students and faculty determined to brainwash them.

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Political correctness is a desperate reaction. Its proponents know they cannot solve the real problem of actual social relationships with the other so they escape into controlling how we speak about it.

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Political correctness is a bullying tactic perpetrated by the left (the greatest purveyor of bullying in modern American history) whereby the race, class, or sexism card is used to demonize the opposition and create a climate of fear that forces ordinary Americans to abandon their principles, back abhorrent causes, or simply remain silent.

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Political correctness is (as self-censorship that comes as a result of intimidation or social pressures) a serious obstacle to the proper functioning of democracy on the grounds that it is important to hear the views of all persons,including the 'silent majority', and to give heed to the weaker voices.