A History of Political Correctness

While a bit long, this video put out by the Free Congress Foundation is worth your time:

Summary: This video researches the academic underpinnings and history of Political Correctness stemming from the Frankfurt School in the 1930s. What they found can be dryly summarized is that Political Correctness is nothing more than a cultural tool of Marxists that is being successfully used to “pull the foundational bricks out of the wall of Western society”. Tolerance is now defined by Leftists and radical multiculturalists as solely those ideas promulgated by the them, albeit, wrapped up in what used to be well understood words that are now being completely re-purposed by Leftist definition. Thus, by definition, the ideas and Rights upheld by traditional Americans and Conservatives / Libertarians are automatically deemd intolerant and therefore free to be attacked and those holding such views as to be fought.

So, what is the takeaway? Backing down from Political Correctness is giving assent to the Left. Given, however, the power to destroy peoples’ lives (as we have seen) for simply disagreeing with their hate speech and attitude, we can see how insidious this notion has become ingrained. The question now is: is Political Correctness (as used by the protected “victim classes”), under the guise of “social justice” and “multiculturalism” stronger than the ideals as originally laid out in the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution? Is it time to use their own tactics against them (just as Liberty and Freedom folks are seeing that Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals work for them just as well as they worked for Marxists? Like Obama during his Chicago days?

What say you?

(H/T:  Transsylvania Phoenix)