A generation ago I first warned about the insidious and dangerous nature of political correctness, arguing the neo-Marxist inspired concept was being used to enforce cultural–left group think and mind control.
At the time even I did not foresee how widespread and destructive PC would become and how it now controls what is taught in schools and universities, how events and public issues are reported by the media and how politicians, celebrities and citizens discuss and debate important issues.
Historical statues are being graffitied and destroyed, book, films and television shows censored or banned and people’s jobs and occupations destroyed because of a misplaced word...
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