 Origins Of Political Correctness
Does anyone know the origins of Political Correctness?
Who originally developed it and what was its purpose?
I looked it up. It was developed at the Institute for Social Research in
Frankfurt, Germany, which was founded in 1923 and came to be known as the
"Frankfurt School." It was a group of thinkers who pulled together to find
a solution to the biggest problem facing the implementers of communism in
Russia.
The problem? Why wasn't communism spreading?
Their answer? Because Western Civilization was in its way.
What was the problem with Western Civilization? Its belief in the
individual, that an individual could develop valid ideas. At the root of
communism was the theory that all valid ideas come from the effect of the
social group of the masses. The individual is nothing.
And they believed that the only way for communism to advance was to help
(or force, if necessary) Western Civilization to destroy itself. How to do
that? Undermine its foundations by chipping away at the rights of those
annoying individuals.
One way to do that? Change their speech and thought patterns by spreading
the idea that vocalizing your beliefs is disrespectful to others and must
be avoided to make up for past inequities and injustices.
And call it something that sounds positive: "Political Correctness."
Inspired by the brand new communist technique, Mao, in the 1930s, wrote an
article on the "correct" handling of contradictions among the people.
"Sensitive training" - sound familiar? - and speech codes were born.
In 1935, after Hitler came to power, the Frankfurt School moved to New York
City, where they continued their work by translating Marxism from economic
to cultural terms using Sigmund Freud's psychological conditioning
mechanisms to get Americans to buy into Political Correctness. In 1941,
they moved to California to spread their wings.
But Political Correctness remains just what it was intended to be: a
sophisticated and dangerous form of censorship and oppression, imposed upon
the citizenry with the ultimate goal of manipulating, brainwashing and
destroying our society.
PC Cuba
My first conscious exposure to Political Correctness was in 1959 - the
first year of Castro's revolution in Cuba - while attending an
indoctrination session at a neighborhood elementary school in Havana. There
I learned for the first time of the claimed superiority of life in the
Soviet Union vs. the U.S.
There I also learned that the word "compa�ero" (filtered version of the
communist "comrade" - Fidel was denying his communist preferences) was the
correct way to refer to the other members of the new Cuban
society-in-the-making.
Mr., Mrs. and Miss were no longer acceptable, and their further use could
reveal that you were not a Fidelista. Since repression and violations of
human rights came roaring in right behind Castro's sweep down from the
mountains in 1959, objection or rejection of Fidel Castro's revolution
would (and still will) land you in a lot of trouble. You could easily lose
your life in those summary executions at La Caba�a prison under the
direction of Che Guevara.
But don't worry about Che. Che was later transformed and cleansed by the
masters of Political Correctness. His likeness became a revered icon of the
far left, with T-shirts and posters still adorning the campuses of America.
The same techniques were used to cleanse one of today's "heroes," Mumia
Abu-Jamal (even if he was convicted, by overwhelming evidence, of killing a
cop).
And under the pervasive guidance of Political Correctness that took hold
from elementary school to university, from the media to the arts, from the
country fields to factories and offices, Cubans learned to say what it was
safe to say. Always in line with the overpowering state. Always following
the dictums of the only political party left: the Communist Party.
The self-censorship resulting from Political Correctness easily trampled
freedom of speech. Political Correctness has succeeded in Cuba by creating
a uniform political discourse that has lasted for 43 years.
Political Correctness has given the state (Castro) complete control of
speech. That is the main reason why the U.S. media cannot extract the truth
of what Cubans really feel when they interview regular citizens and
deceptively present their comments as valid to the American public.
The same was true in the former Soviet Union and the former satellite
countries. The same continues in the remaining communist world.
It's nothing new. The U.S. media must know that, so why don't they openly
report that fact instead of misleading the public? Perhaps that is the
reason why the American people are so uneducated about the Cuban tragedy
and acted regrettably during the Elian Gonzalez affair.
The PC U.S.
With profound dismay, I have seen how the scourge of Political Correctness
has taken hold in the U.S. It is very well entrenched in our educational
system, at scientific, religious and community levels, the media, the
workplace and even our government.
It is changing the American society from within, and the citizens of this
nation are increasingly censoring themselves and losing their freedom of
speech out of fear of Political Correctness repression.
It is the nature of Western Civilization to be civilized - respectful of
others and concerned with correcting injustices. We don't need Political
Correctness to make us think we are not civilized on our own and must have
our thoughts and words restricted.
In December 2001, in Kensington, Md., an annual firefighters Santa Claus
festivity to light the Christmas tree was objected to by two families. The
city council, in the name of Political Correctness, voted to ban Santa from
the parade. Fortunately, due to citizen outcry, the decision was reversed
in the end and many people protested by dressing up as Santa.
Logically and respectfully, how can one person's benign icon be
objectionable to the point of banishment? Offer to add other people's
icons. Make it a broader celebration. That's the Perfectly Correct American
way.
The rulers of Political Correctness reach absurd levels when they refer to
the betrayal of America by the spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg - executed
in 1953 - as "non-traditional patriotism"!
We see shameful situations created in our schools and universities in
America that have fallen prey to Political Correctness. Some professors,
students and publications are being attacked for expressing a point of view
that differs from that imposed by a fanatical far left, under the guise of
Political Correctness.
In schools and workplaces we see that "diversity" has degenerated into
reverse discrimination, where often the less qualified are admitted and the
incompetent cannot be fired. We have seen characters like Rev. Jesse
Jackson shamelessly blackmailing and threatening to boycott entire
corporations if they don't hire those selected by him or simply make
"donations" to his organizations.
The Double Standard Emerges
Our Constitution requires the separation of church and state, which has
always discouraged our public education system from teaching religion.
However, in December 2001, while Christmas cards, symbols and decorations
were being objected to for the first time in American public schools in
Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Oregon, in an
elementary school in Texas, a girl was allowed to give to her classmates an
overview and show a video about her Muslim religion.
And in January 2002, a public middle school in San Luis Obispo, Calif., had
its students pretend to be warriors fighting for Islam. Another school near
Oakland, Calif., also encouraged 125 seventh-grade students to dress up in
Muslim robes for a three-week course on Islam.
This arbitrary double standard was applied in the name of Political
Correctness following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
According to Ellen Sorokin's "No Founding Fathers?" published by the
Washington Times on its front page on Jan. 28, 2002, even our Founding
Fathers have fallen victim to the travesty. The article says of the New
Jersey Department of Education's history standards,
"The latest revisions to the state standards have disappointed educators
across the country, who said the board's exclusion of the Founding Fathers'
names is 'Political Correctness to the nth degree.' "
Sorokin points out that "the standards specifically note that students
should identify slavery, the Holocaust and modern Iraq as examples in which
'people have behaved in cruel and inhumane ways.' " Conveniently, communism
is absent from that short list.
In another article by Sorokin, published by the Washington Times on March
10, "Report Blames Anti-Americanism on College Teachers," she presents two
examples of upcoming courses for next spring and fall. They are " 'The
Sexuality of Terrorism' at University of California at Hayward; and
'Terrorism and the Politics of Knowledge' at UCLA, a class that, according
to its course description, examines 'America's record of imperialistic
adventurism.' "
Recently, a historic photograph of the New York firefighters raising the
American flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center was going to be made
into a sculpture as a memorial.
But history's revisionists used Political Correctness to dictate that other
minority faces replace some of the faces in the historical photograph!
Fortunately, in the end that didn't fly either, due to the outcry of
firefighters and the public.
The Goal of the PC Dictators
For people with the background and firsthand experience of living inside a
totalitarian communist society, the tilt and goal of the dictators of
Political Correctness in America are obvious.
The beneficiaries in the end will be the fanatic believers in the
totalitarian state, who, in spite of the dismal failure of communism and
the 100 million people exterminated pursuing that criminal system, have not
given up.
Political and religious fanatics, as demonstrated by the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks and the subsequent war in Afghanistan, are extremely dangerous in
today's world.
All citizens who cherish liberty must reject the scourge of Political
Correctness. Freedom of speech must be preserved in America if we are to
continue to be free.
Let's say it: Castro is not a 'president,' as the U.S. media's Political
Correctness calls him. Castro has not been democratically elected to
anything in Cuba. The correct word to define him is 'tyrant.' He is not
just a 'leader,' as the U.S. media also calls him. He is more of a criminal
Mafioso-type character.
Why criminal? Because he has caused the deaths of more than 100,000 Cubans.
Thousands have died through his support of guerrillas in Central and South
America. Thousands of blacks were killed by Castro's soldiers in Africa.
Castro in the 1980s introduced the use of bacteriological weapons to kill
blacks in Angola.
How many thousands have died in America as a result of his drug trafficking
into the U.S.? How many thousands have died all over the world due to
terrorists trained in Castro's Cuba?
Former Soviet colonel Ken Alibek, who defected to America, was once in
charge of the Soviet Union's production of biological weapons. In Alibek's
1999 book, "Biohazard," he revealed that with the help of the Soviet Union,
in the 1980s Cuba created laboratories to produce chemical and
bacteriological weapons of mass destruction - just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
The information about Castro's involvement with bacteriological weapons
also comes from various independent sources. We must not forget either that
Cuba is on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist nations.
Why Mafioso? Well, Castro is like an untouchable godfather, surrounded by
bodyguards and thugs and a private army of about 40,000 soldiers for his
personal protection (roughly the size of the entire army of Cuba prior to
1959).
He stole foreign and national properties in Cuba. He has become one of the
richest men in the world, according to Forbes magazine. He has created a
despotic and corrupt elite to exploit the Cuban people and keep himself in
power. He has made the Cuban people hostages and slaves of his corrupt regime.
The U.S. media do not call Al Capone "the former leader" of the Italian
Mafia. Why the double standard with Fidel and other far-left regimes? The
answer can be traced to where the sympathies lie - with the elite dictating
Political Correctness in America.
It's one thing is to be educated, considerate, polite and have good
manners, and another to be forced to self-censor and say things that are
totally incorrect in order to comply with the arbitrary dictums of a
deceiving and fanatical far-left agenda.
Let's preserve our freedom and say NO to the scourge of Political Correctness. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/4/4/121115.shtml
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