diff --git a/education/english/ENGL2010/Engl2010 Writing Project.md b/education/english/ENGL2010/Engl2010 Writing Project.md index 30079ca..39c9a2a 100644 --- a/education/english/ENGL2010/Engl2010 Writing Project.md +++ b/education/english/ENGL2010/Engl2010 Writing Project.md @@ -81,4 +81,7 @@ - The author places strong emphasis on the distinction between an idea being morally right or wrong, and being politically correct. He provides the examples that: - Criticizing someone for referring to an administrative assistant as a "secretary" constitutes political correctness, but advocating for higher wages is not - Insisting on trigger warnings or deleting offending material is a form of political correctness, but arguing for rape prevention security measures is not. - - In the inverse, it's not politically incorrect to make a donation to fight gay marriage, but it is politically incorrect to speak publicly against gay marriage \ No newline at end of file + - In the inverse, it's not politically incorrect to make a donation to fight gay marriage, but it is politically incorrect to speak publicly against gay marriage +- Political correctness can be viewed as something to benefit marginalized groups, or as a societal movement towards restraint on public expression +- Given the idea that political correctness is a societal movement, it culminates in a form of self censorship where there are consequences for those who violate communal norms +- One practical example of this is when German politician Phillipp Jenninger fell into disgrace after a speech that engaged rhetorically \ No newline at end of file