A guide to the real world. Millennials. They may not yet be the present, but they’re certainly the future. These young, uninitiated minds will someday soon become our politicians, doctors, scientists, chefs, television producers, fashion designers, manufacturers, and, one would hope, the new proponents of liberty. But are they ready for it? ... MORE
Showing posts with label political correctness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political correctness. Show all posts
Individualism & Capitalism vs. Marxian Gender & Race Conflict: Trigger Words And College Safe Spaces
by Richard Ebeling. The media has been full of stories recently about the new sensitivity on college and university campuses concerning the avoidance in courses or assignments of the use of “trigger words” or phrases that may have a “hurtful” affect on students when thoughtlessly used in the teaching environment. Student and other groups ... MORE
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college,
gender,
language,
Marxist,
political correctness,
race,
sensitivity,
speech codes,
students
Disconnect Between Public Comments & Private Thoughts
by Jay Jamison. Trump is like jury nullification. Once a criminal case is handed to the jury, the outcome is no longer under the control of the authorities and professionals who conducted the trial. Jury nullification is a term that describes a verdict that runs counter to the law, the evidence or even the instructions of the presiding judge. During a trial, ... MORE
Rebecca Perring: Did Germany Just Ban Sausages? Pork Banned In Cafes And Schools To 'Not Offend Refugees'
Muslims 1 Bratwurst 0. An increasing number of public canteens, child daycare centres and schools have stopped serving sausages, bacon and ham over religious considerations. Now members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party are fighting to keep pork on the menu, insisting the consumption of pork is part of German culture. Daniel Günther, ... MORE
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food,
Germany,
individual liberty,
liberalism,
political correctness,
religion,
restrictions,
schools
Free Speech Is Very Threatened On Campus
by Conor Friedersdorf. At a recent Intelligence Squared debate,
an audience filled an auditorium at Yale University to weigh the timely
proposition, “Free speech is threatened on campus.” The debate
concerned higher education generally, not just the host institution. And
at the event’s conclusion, having heard arguments on both sides ... MORE
Robby Soave: PC Hysteria Claims Another Professor
Students demand an end to academic freedom. The movement to purge all offensive speech from American college campuses has claimed another scalp. Andrea Quenette, an assistant communications professor, was chased out of her own classroom—not because she was a bad teacher, but because her students said she wasn’t agreeing with them ... MORE
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academic,
college,
free expression,
free speech,
liberalism,
offend,
political correctness,
race
Tom Nichols: How the P.C. Police Propelled Donald Trump
By assailing sensible conservatives as sexists, racists ... The American left created Donald Trump. When I say “the left,” I do not mean the Democratic Party—or,
solely the Democratic Party. Rather, the pestilence that is the Trump
campaign is the result of a conglomeration of political, academic,
media, and cultural elites who for decades ... MORE
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conservative,
Donald Trump,
liberalism,
media,
political correctness,
politics,
Republican,
sexist
Daniel Payne: Say Hello To Twitter’s Tweet Police
No wonder Twitter stock is tanking. Twitter yesterday announced it is forming a “Trust and Safety Council,” an effort to “ensure that people feel safe expressing themselves on Twitter.” The council features “safety advocates, academics, and researchers,” “grassroots advocacy organizations” and “community groups,” all of them ... MORE
Gender-Integration Of Combat Jobs Fuels Legislation, Lawsuits To Impose Draft Registration On Women
by Morgan Chalfant. The Obama administration’s decision to open up all combat roles to
women has led to a heated debate over whether women should have to
register for the draft and has sparked both legislation and legal action
that could change the Selective Service’s rules. It remains to be seen what the impact of Defense Secretary ... MORE
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combat,
gender,
military,
military draft,
nitwittery,
political correctness,
politics,
women
Generals Want Women To Register For The Draft
by Ilya Somin. Instead, Let's Abolish It. Top Army and Marine Corps generals recently stated that they believe that women should be required to register for the draft, now that they are no longer barred from most combat positions in the armed forces: The top Army and Marine Corps generals told senators Tuesday that it will take up to three years ... MORE
The Regrettable Decline Of Higher Learning
by Victor Davis Hanson. Political correctness has taken a toll. What do campus microaggressions, safe spaces, trigger warnings, speech codes, and censorship have to do with higher learning? American universities want it both ways. They expect unquestioned subsidized support from the public, but also to operate in a way impossible for anyone else. ... MORE
John Cleese: Political Correctness Is Killing Comedy
Oversensitivity will be the death of free expression. Monty Python member John Cleese has become the latest comedy legend to wade into the shark-infested waters that is the debate over political correctness in comedy. In a video for commentary website Big Think, Cleese warns that oversensitivity from political correctness is hurting comedy and ... MORE
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comedy,
creativity,
free expression,
free speech,
offend,
political correctness,
sensitivity
Political Correctness Nightmare: An NAACP Leader Uses F-Word To Apologize For Using T-Word After N-Word Meet
by Olaf Ekberg. The NAACP’s mission of political correctness and equality careened off the rails this week when a local president complimented a TV reporters breasts during an interview. Don Harris, the president of the Maricopa County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, had just finished an event ... MORE
Mike Hume: Should Anything Be ‘Beyond A Joke’?
Intolerant conformism is no laughing matter. Comedy, it seems, is no laughing matter these days, caught up in one controversy after another over the acceptable limits of humor. Last week it was the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that was in the firing line again, accused of racism by everybody from the Queen of Jordan to ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: The Demand For Villains
Racism is a convenient rationale. The latest tempest in a teapot controversy is over a lack of black nominees for this year's Academy Awards in Hollywood. The assumption seems to be that different groups would be proportionally represented if somebody were not doing somebody else wrong. That assumption carries great weight in far more ... MORE
Americans Say Colleges Should “Punish” Offensive Speech
by Jeff Scully. The slave mentality has taken root in the USA. A total of 53 percent of Americans think colleges should punish
students that make racially offensive statements. That’s the finding
from a recent poll conducted by YouGov for the Huffington Post. Troublingly, the poll, in its five questions, never bothers to define
what the form of ... MORE
John W. Whitehead: Free Speech In An Age Of Government Bullies, Corporate Censors And Compliant Citizens
Free speech is not for the faint of heart. Nor is it for those who are easily offended, readily intimidated or who need everything wrapped in a neat and tidy bow. Free speech is often messy, foul-mouthed, obscene, intolerant, undignified, insensitive, cantankerous, bawdy and volatile. Unfortunately, our appreciation for a robust freedom ... MORE
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bullying,
extremist,
First Amendment,
free speech,
government,
offend,
political correctness
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