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Why Political Correctness Is BS

"I disapprove of what you say, but will defend until the death your right to say it." -- Voltaire

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America is great because of the unequivocal and unparalleled freedom that permeates through people's daily lives and into the constitution itself. Because of the fact that I value freedom and America's other central values above all else, I am not an advocate of political correctness on any level. Americans have the constitutional, God-given freedom to believe anything they want to believe and express their belief without fear. This does not mean one's beliefs aren't subject to criticism, but those criticisms should be carried out in an, "OK, but I disagree," manner and not infringe on one's freedom to believe whatever it may be. Those who claim political correctness is the only way to go are, by definition of their actions, bigots and lack respect for those who share a different opinion than them. While I am against political correctness and everything it stands for, I am a proponent of treating others they way I want to be treated and treating them as human beings. This concept rests outside political correctness and rests within fundamental American principles and fundamental principles of God: respect thy neighbor, we are all God's children, etc.

Just because I believe in something different than what the "morally supreme" portion of our society -- those who think everyone should get a trophy when there is only one winner -- believes, does not make me a bigot. In fact, I respect anyone's opinion, especially if they can provide some type of support for one's argument, even when I don't agree with it. I believe that there is a large portion of Americans who are like me in this respect, but they get marked as bigots or intolerant. However, those who support the "politically correct" side of the argument are blatantly stating that "my belief on this issue is correct and your belief is wrong and insensitive." Just because a belief is insensitive doesn't mean that it is incorrect factually. Or, for that matter, just because you don't agree with someone's belief shouldn't make him/her the target of your moral cause. For example, I am strongly against racism in any form, however, it is not right of me or anyone else on any level to say that someone cannot express his/her racist views in a peaceful manner. Just because someone chooses to believe something different than you, doesn't open one up to the "political correctness guardians'" moral discipline.

Another large problem with political correctness in the United States is that the side it favors is not always, or even normally, the majority opinion on an issue. It is a small minority of people telling Americans what is "right" and "wrong," as if we are not capable of using our own stream of conscious to deliver a morally just outcome.

For those of you that mock Trump's slogan, "Make America great again," I would have to side with him on many counts, but especially because we have lost our values in the inertia of living life stagnantly, particularly under dishonest, corrupt and subtly oppressive federal leadership. We do need to make America great again. We do need to regain and foster our principles that have become hidden in plain sight behind things like political correctness. Americans have begun to lose their God-given freedoms to an administration and a small portion of society that looks down on you for believing something different. Part of why America is theoretically so "great" is because of the freedom to say and do anything short or causing physical harm to another. We have lost the mutual respect in our dialogue that is founded on the notion that we are all human beings and we all deserve to be treated as such. There must be respect in one's fellow man in order to stand by the notion that one can believe whatever he or she wishes to believe because this is a free country and you might not agree, but it is one's right to believe in and express that belief in a peaceful manner.

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