would use newspeak. Today newspeak has been swapped for the term political correctness. "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."(Codevilla) This quote is saying that whatever the leaders tell must be true and that their words out weigh history. Today this political correctness is used not as much by a party as it is used by the people that want
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Marx-Political Correctness-Zizek (Dialectic over a cup of coffee) Marx: I think our black friend was right‚ this coffee is in no way helping me stimulate my senses. Zizek: Yes‚ because its colour is lighter than him! Maybe you should try something else. Marx: That joke is still funny even though it’s racist‚ but I admire the fact about how you’re being “politically incorrect”. Zizek: I don’t like that phenomenon at all. Marx: I’ve been reading about it a lot a nowadays‚ it was recently in the news
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71% of Americans feel that “Political correctness is silencing discussions that need to be had”. (CATO) This statistic is very telling about the control that activist groups have on our speech and discourse. People aren’t able to voice the concerns about the danger they see in the violent practices that activist groups engage in. Activists will use guilt and shame tactics in order to silence voices from giving fair criticism to the more questionable parts of movements. Because of this silence‚ the
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Oleanna’s Phone Calls David Mamet’s play Oleanna is a two character power struggle between a young college student and her Professor. By the second act of the play the struggling student‚ Carol‚ has filed a formal complaint of sexual harassment‚ based not on what actually happened‚ but on the written definition of said conduct in the universities nomenclature. By act three‚ unbeknownst to the professor‚ Carol has filed attempted rape charges against the professor. Again the charges do not
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leaders and have brought back the ideas of social liberty and freedom. These values would be a welcome addition to the melting pot of culture that the U.S. has become. Initially political correctness was seen as a way to be normal but recently it transformed into a hefty road block towards progress. Along with politically correctness Liberalism has followed‚ and both have been the cause of great harm mentally and physically to thousands of conservatives of all ages across the nation. Being politically
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Political Correctness vs. Christmas Traditions Christmas has long been a widely celebrated holiday around the world which brings in millions of dollars of revenue into the retail industry. Other than being known for gift-giving and spending a gracious amount of money on others‚ Christmas is also known for spending time with family and friends and feeling a sense of joy that is only felt during this time of year. Although‚ the past few years haven’t been exactly joyous because of the arguments over
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Aimee O’Connell ENWR 106-40 Oleanna Reflection When beginning to read the play “Oleanna” by David Mamet‚ I expected a more classic and shakespearean feel given the title- one might think of Othello or Ophelia but instead as I continued I found the play to be more modern‚ it could even be occurring in the present. The first act started off with John as the protagonist and the main character. Though‚ there is not much to like about either of the characters‚ in my opinion‚ and the likes and dislikes
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Oleanna Response Paper Drama is a very popular branch of theatre that has roots as deep as the ancestry of theatre itself and has produced many great authors such as Sophocles‚ William Shakespeare‚ and David Mamet who have contributed generously to the growing popularity of drama. Mamet‚ the winner of two Pulitzer Awards and writer of many successful plays wrote Oleanna‚ an extremely controversial play for its exploitation of sexual harassment and abuse. Instead of writing any old romantic turn
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THE PROBLEM OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE In order to investigate the problem we made up a list of questions (see a questionnaire in Appendix) about using different vocabulary in sensitive topics.The results we got are as follows. 1. Nobody called physically disabled people ‘cripples’. A great number of adults (66%) call these people ‘invalids’ but the vast majority of schoolchildren (teenagers) chose the PC variant (physically disabled). 2. The vast majority of respondents
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In the article‚ “Political correctness is destroying America. That’s why I am on a mission to crush it‚” Nick Adams discusses the negative effects of political correctness on American culture. He writes that political correctness has taken hold of America’s universities‚ schools‚ media‚ and large corporations. Adams believes that political correctness threatens the American Dream. Adams describes political correctness as threat to our safety‚ education‚ and religious freedom‚ as it can be linked
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