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- There are perfectly valid motivations for attempting to cultivate and enforce political norms, eg a record of violence and injustice directed towards African Americans being promoted through superficially respectable means - There are perfectly valid motivations for attempting to cultivate and enforce political norms, eg a record of violence and injustice directed towards African Americans being promoted through superficially respectable means
- On a broader level, enlightened moral thinking has led society to converge on a *default norm against advancing ideas associated with oppression or marginalization* - On a broader level, enlightened moral thinking has led society to converge on a *default norm against advancing ideas associated with oppression or marginalization*
- The author agrees with the idea that political correctness has made “the casual infliction of humiliation...much less socially acceptable than it was,” and even that “encouraging students to be ‘politically correct’ has made our country a far better place.” - The author agrees with the idea that political correctness has made “the casual infliction of humiliation...much less socially acceptable than it was,” and even that “encouraging students to be ‘politically correct’ has made our country a far better place.”
- The author argues that political correctness has brought huge benefits, but there are limits of being politically correct
- Where those limits should be located is subject to disagreement. On one end of the spectrum are minor conventions and taboos, at the other end are explicit laws prohibiting forms of expression (hate speech)