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 mediaonline.ba
The latter term is relatively more recent and has to do with political correctness, although many people consider it to be a hypocritical euphemism to soothe an unclear conscience, or a surrogate for mending centuries of injustice inflicted on the most numerous ethnic community in Europe.
Such power in collusion with the journalists and the media (regardless of the fact whether the latter are doing it consciously or not) manifests itself as diseases that plague transition societies, such as abuse of any kind, cronyism, financial and political profit.
However, the road to high ethical standards of Albanian journalism is hampered by undue influence of media owners and the interplay of economic and political interests in the media area.
http://www.mediaonline.ba   (1048 words)

  
 Political Correctness Watch
The fact of the matter is that Political Correctness has a history, a history that is much longer than many people are aware of outside a small group of academics who have studied this.
One of the underlying themes of political correctness is that if you change the language, you change the way people behave and thereby culture and society.
Cultural Marxism, or Political Correctness, says that all history is determined by power, by which groups defined in terms of race, sex, etc., have power over which other groups.
http://pcwatch.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_pcwatch_archive.html   (15408 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Politics Howard speech in full
Political correctness is a culture that offends our nation's sense of tolerance, our sense of honesty, our sense of balance.
So political correctness can also mean that we begin to lose the very values which we want to protect - the values of common sense, decency, the distinction between right and wrong.
Political correctness has also been used as an excuse to increase centralisation and the power and size of Whitehall.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3603966.stm   (2846 words)

  
 Political Correctness Cartoons
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 Political Correctness: The Scourge of Our Times
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.
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.
The self-censorship resulting from Political Correctness easily trampled freedom of speech.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/4/4/121115.shtml   (2059 words)

  
 P.C. R.I.P. 2003 (The Death of Political Correctness)
Political Correctness as we know it today flowered on U.S. campuses in the wake of the 1960s and took distinct shape by the late 70s, when the new wave of punishment, fear and shaming became codified.
Roth is to Political Correctness what George Orwell was to the burgeoning scourge of authoritarian socialism in the 1940s and 50s: a seer.
As a term of opprobrium, "Political Correctness" has worn thin.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1001117/posts   (4474 words)

  
 The Triumph of Political Correctness
Political correctness, like its collectivist ancestor, is a political faith based on a nihilistic interpretation of man. PC zealots are less concerned with the welfare of minorities than they are with imposing their reductionist view of man on society.
Many proponents of political correctness do not consider their advocacy political or ideological; they are simply idealists, well-intentioned yuppies or flower children with ponytails, who believe that it is a humane and decent policy.
This was fertile ground for political correctness and baffled university officials have responded in typical PC fashion.
http://members.aol.com/williefank/pc-essay.htm   (13408 words)

  
 Political Correctness: The New Communism
Since "Political Correctness" was not intended to be used as an ideology other than for the duration of the Second World War, it has reached its used-by date and should be discarded.
"Political Correctness" struck a chord with the Catholics.
On our Catholic Church Page, we consider the evidence that the Catholic Church is behind the spread of "Political Correctness".
http://www.students.org.au/political/correctness   (3607 words)

  
 The Historical Roots of "Political Correctness"
A review of the historical roots of Political Correctness would not be complete without reference to the psychological process of dialectical stages of operant conditioning by words that have been directed against the larger body of Western Man in the generic sense before Frankfurt School Critical Theory came to be applied against American white males.
The visible evidence that Political Correctness reigns supreme over the American landscape is not a nice sight for the eyes of a traditional American to behold.
The significance of the historical roots of Political Correctness cannot be fully comprehended unless such a thing as Betty Friedan's sex-role revolution is viewed for what it really is--a manifestation of the social revolutionary process begun by Karl Marx himself.
http://arcofcc.freeservers.com/Documents/pc.html   (3283 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: political correctness
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This page shows blog posts, photos, and links that have been tagged political correctness.
http://www.technorati.com/tag/political+correctness   (489 words)

  
 Political Correctness
Political Correctness may be complex and ambiguous but it remains a useful concept.
Political Correctness is one thing in South Africa and something else in Australia or America.
The view I want to put is that Political Correctness is a heresy of liberalism.
http://www.liberalsindia.com/relevence/PoliticalCorrectness.php   (4262 words)

  
 Political Correctness - The Facilitator Of Terrorism
Nowadays, however, political correctness is also considered the proper standard for conducting the life of the nation.
Political correctness has become the standard by which everything that affects society is judged.
The groups and institutions demanding adherence to political correctness are but one more attempt by the dark forces in humankind to exhibit themselves in our day and age.
http://www.protectourborders.org/pc.html   (3334 words)

  
 Political correctness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Political correctness (also politically correct, P.C. or PC) is a term used to describe language that appears calculated to provide a minimum of offense, particularly to the racial or cultural groups being described.
Some on the political left reject the conservative definition of the term when applied as a blanket political epithet to all liberals and leftists, but do concede there is indeed a pervasive political correctness which has become a problem on the left.
Some liberal and progressive commentators, however, argue that the term "political correctness" was fabricated by United States conservatives around 1980 and defined as a way to reframe the political scene in the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness   (2597 words)

  
 Talk Politics - Political Correctness
This concept has profound implications when applied to the question of political correctness and particularly when applied in the context of seeking to eliminate discrimination in everyday language for by eliminating discrimination in language we also, logically, eliminate the idea and concept of discrimination from thought.
There is little to choose between Robert's 'noble purpose' for political correctness and the equally noble purpose expressed in Burgess's 'A Clockwork Orange' wherein Alex is 'cured' of his capacity for violence by means of aversion therapy.
To repeat: The purpose of Political Correctness is a noble one.
http://talkpolitics.users20.donhost.co.uk/index.php?cat=42   (1833 words)

  
 Debunking political correctness
It is the same political correctness that, as retired FBI special agent Don Lavey recently told WorldnetDaily.com, still inspires "the continued reluctance on the part of the entire FBI to ever use 'Islamic' and 'terrorism' in the same sentence."
They indicate that a growing number of Americans may finally be seeing through the political correctness that blinkers so much of the government's perspective on Islamic militancy.
And it is the same political correctness that Mr.
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/1182   (602 words)

  
 Political correctness… the right’s imagined enemy
The war on political correctness is a mechanism by which rightwing thinkers can explain what they’re against and be a little rude.
There’s little doubt that she’s a victim of the war on political correctness, epitomised by the latest nonsense from Civitas.
Instead, we had Polly Toynbee supporting a view I share: ‘Political correctness is just good manners.
http://stephennewton.com/2006/01/political-correctness-rights-imagined.html   (609 words)

  
 Fiction International's Political Correctness Issue (#27)
Fiction, counter-fiction, various sorts of discourse, visual interventions, and a forum which addresses the political correctness debate form multiple angles.
Sorry, but the Political Correctness (#27) Issue is sold out.
Annette, in his informative book on the "political correctness debate," outlines the factors which in his view have led to the PC impasse;
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~fictintl/pc.html   (721 words)

  
 Political correctness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some on the political left reject the conservative definition of the term when applied as a blanket political epithet to all liberals and leftists, but do concede there is indeed a pervasive political correctness which has become a problem on the left.
Political correctness (also politically correct, P.C. or PC) is a term used in various countries to describe real or perceived attempts to impose limits on language, terms, and viewpoints in public discussion in order to avoid potentially offensive terminology.
Georgia (1793), where it clearly means that the statement it refers to is not literally correct, owing to the political status of the United States as it was understood at that time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness   (4750 words)

  
 Psychodynamics of Political Correctness
Political correctness represents a regression in university functioning in which paternal influences are repudiated and a biparental model of authority is replaced by one revolving around a primordial conception of the mother.
The other way to experience one's own political incorrectness is with shame, which delegitimates the self and takes one and one's own good sense out of the way of the PC tide.
Choi, J.M. and Murphy, J.W. The politics and philosophy of political correctness.
http://www.sba.oakland.edu/faculty/schwartz/PCJABS.htm   (8093 words)

  
 ShrinkWrapped: Political Correctness & the Denial of Reality: Part I
Political Correctness, on the other hand, requires a denial and disavowal of unpleasant aspects of reality.
Sarcasm and ridicule are powerful weapons against political correctness, but they are not enough.
My brief summary of a small portion of the blogosphere is in service to my interest in furthering an understanding of the roots of political correctness and the necessity of confronting it at every turn.
http://shrinkwrapped.blogs.com/blog/2005/06/political_corre.html   (1485 words)

  
 The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta Archives
Political correctness creates an immense amount of anxiety because there is no way to be certain regarding who is going to be offended or not offended by what a person says or does.
Political correctness is changing the rules of 'free' speech daily.
The general idea is that the west's zeal for self destruction and political correctness can only lead one direction, strait to the defeat of the west and the eventual submission to Islam.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/cat_political_correctness.php   (5223 words)

  
 Political Philosophy
Political Correctness and the Suicide of the Intellect by Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr.
Political correctness, you all should know, is a term that seems to come from students, not from faculty.
Political and economic freedom prevailed because of Margaret Thatcher's political leadership in Britain.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/index.cfm   (5047 words)

  
 ARMAVIRUMQUE: THE NEW CRITERION'S WEBLOG
The "concerns" voiced by Elmer's critics have nothing to do with political correctness: on the contrary, they have to do with political correctness (viz, "his remarks concerning a lack of women in science.") Speaking for myself, I prefer it when the Times settles for bald contradiction rather than its usual hand-wringing evasiveness.
At an intense and sober meeting, Dr. Summers's supporters accused his opponents of political correctness while his critics emphasized that their concerns had nothing to do with political correctness but were about Dr. Summers's leadership, as well as his remarks concerning a lack of women in science.
It's a bit like one of those Warner Brothers cartoons in which some pathetic character--Elmer Fudd comes to mind--goes after the waskily wabbit only to be outtwitted or at least outmaneuvered by the time the commercial break rolls around.
http://www.newcriterion.com/weblog/2005/03/elmer-fudd-goes-to-cambridge.html   (788 words)

  
 Charleton Heston Speech
It scares me to death, and should scare you too, that the superstition of political correctness rules the halls of reason.
If Americans believed in political correctness, we'd still be King George's boys - subjects bound to the British crown.
Before you claim to be a champion of free thought, tell me: Why did political correctness originate on America's campuses?
http://mizai.tripod.com   (2164 words)

  
 SoCalPundit » Political Correctness
(Political Correctness and You've Got To Be Kidding Me)
(Political Correctness and Moral Relativity and You've Got To Be Kidding Me)
(Political Correctness and Now That's A Great Idea!
http://socalpundit.com/blog/index.php/category/political-correctness   (1298 words)

  
 The American Thinker
Political Correctness made it a venal sin to raise the alarm when Mohammed Atta was identified as the likely leader of a murderous Al Qaeda cell in 1999, two years before 9/11.
Looney-tunes Political Correctness is not the only culprit in the Hurricane Katrina response, but it looks like one of the biggest.
But just a few days ago, Political Correctness made in necessary for CNN to get a court order allowing it to televise the bloated bodies of the children and elderly African Americans who drowned in New Orleans.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=4814   (815 words)

  
 McKenzie Wark, on John K. Wilson's Myth of Political Correctness
Wilson does not deny that there are examples of left-wing political correctness.
All of the famous cases of alleged 'political correctness' on American campuses are studied in some detail by John K. Wilson in his useful and very readable new book, The Myth of Political Correctness, published by the reputable academic house of Duke University Press.
John K. Wilson, The Myth of Political Correctness, Duke University Press, $29.95
http://www.dmc.mq.edu.au/mwark/warchive/cv/columns/cv-oz-wilsonpc.html   (815 words)

  
 political correctness - definition of political correctness by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
political incorrectness- the use of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult groups who are socially disadvantaged or discriminted against
political correctness - avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
political correctness - definition of political correctness by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/political+correctness   (162 words)

  
 Political Correctness
Insofar as something called "political correctness" proscribes certain opinions from being expressed and debated, every critical thinker should be against it - for the reasons explained by J.S. Mill.
Thoughtful essay on the role of political correctness in the political Left's loss of connection with the people it supposedly supports.
"Fortuyn may or may not be a martyr in the war against fundamentalist Islam, but he is almost certainly a martyr in the war on political correctness.
http://www.austhink.org/critical/pages/political_correctness.html   (1332 words)

  
 Political correctness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some on the political left reject the conservative definition of the term when applied as a blanket political epithet to all liberals and leftists, but do concede there is indeed a pervasive political correctness which has become a problem on the left.
Political correctness (also politically correct, P.C. or PC) is a term used in various countries to describe real or perceived attempts to impose limits on language, terms, and viewpoints in public discussion in order to avoid potentially offensive terminology.
However, critics of political language choice argue the new terms are often awkward, euphemistic substitutes for the original stark language concerning differences such as race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion and political views.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness   (5417 words)

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