The End Game of Political Correctness
On the surface, the idea of political correctness, ensuring that our words are not harmful to those around us, seems good. Yet many are starting to realize that political correctness has gone far beyond limiting legitimate problems. What was the real intent behind political correctness, how is it being used today, and where is this heading?
You've no doubt heard the term "political correctness." On the surface, the idea of ensuring that our words are not harmful to those around us sounds good—who wants to offend their neighbour? Yet many are starting to realize that political correctness has gone much further than simply reducing the amount of legitimate offenses. But was that the real purpose behind political correctness? Where did it begin and where is it headed? Have you ever considered what's behind this ever-changing language landscape?
Boston University professor emeritus Angelo Codevilla explains:
"The notion of political correctness came into use among Communists in the 1930s as a semi-humorous reminder that the Party's interest is to be treated as a reality that ranks above reality itself." (Malcolm Kline, "The Origin of Political Correctness," Academia.org, November 18, 2016)
He explains that it began as a joke among communist party insiders—as in:
"Comrade, your statement is factually incorrect." "Yes, it is. But it is politically correct." (Kline, Academia.org)
Conservative author Bill Lind asks an important question that too few consider, and he sees it wholistically, as part of a greater picture:
"Where does all this stuff that you've heard about this morning—the victim feminism, the gay rights movement, the invented statistics, the rewritten history, the lies, the demands, all the rest of it—where does it come from?" (Bill Lind, "The Origins of Political Correctness", Academia.org, February 5, 2000)
He then goes on to explain that there is an answer.
"If we look at it analytically, if we look at it historically, we quickly find out exactly what it is." (Lind, Academia.org)
Lind then confirms P.C.'s Marxist-Leninist underpinnings and warns that there is nothing humorous about its intended goal.
"The name originated as something of a joke, literally in a comic strip, and we tend still to think of it as only half-serious. In fact, it's deadly serious. It is the great disease of our century, the disease that has left tens of millions of people dead in Europe, in Russia, in China, indeed around the world. It is the disease of ideology. PC is not funny. PC is deadly serious." (Lind, Academia.org)
It is a mistake to think of Political Correctness in isolation. It is part of a greater political movement, as indicated by Codevilla and Lind. Many in North America think in political terms of liberal (left) and conservative (right), here in Canada we even have politically parties that that use those names., but However, most fail to recognize that there is both liberal and left and these are not the same. Leftists, unlike liberals, are socialist totalitarians. Let's call them what they are—Marxists—and they are working to destroy America and other western countries. It should be obvious to anyone taking an objective view of what is taking place around us that their goal is to tear down Western democratic nations, and make them into something very different from their roots.
As Bill Lind concluded in his "Campus Report" 24 years ago:
In conclusion, America [and I'll add Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom] today is in the throes of the greatest and direst transformation in its history. We are becoming an ideological state, a country with an official state ideology enforced by the power of the state. In "hate crimes" we now have people serving jail sentences for political thoughts. And the Congress is now moving to expand that category ever further…. It's exactly what we have seen happen in Russia, in Germany, in Italy, in China, and now it's coming here. And we don't recognize it because we call it Political Correctness and laugh it off. My message today is that it's not funny, it's here, it's growing and it will eventually destroy, as it seeks to destroy, everything that we have ever defined as our freedom and our culture. (Lind, Academia.org)
The End Game of political correctness is not to help people get along by reducing unnecessary and unintended offense. The reality of political correctness is that it is an unrelenting tool aimed at transforming the way we think. It is a key component of a relentless attack on normality and morality.
In order to defend normalcy and morality, you need to know where they come from. Watch our full-length program "The Judeo-Christian Cultural Impact" by clicking on the link in the description.