Has political correctness gone too far?

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Political correctness is tyranny with manners- according to Charlton Heston and for Robert Griffin III, 'in the land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.' Most people seem against political correctness, despite the fact everyone uses it. To begin we can try to give a definition of this complex notion. Today political correctness is used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society. Since the late 1980s, the term has come to refer to avoiding language or behaviour that can be seen as excluding, marginalizing, or insulting groups of people considered disadvantaged or discriminated against, especially groups defined by sex or race. Thus, it seems necessary to be 'politically correct' but in public discourse and the media, it is generally used as a pejorative term, implying that these policies are excessive.

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[...] Political correctness can't go too far On the one hand, political correctness can't go too far. It is a necessity in our modern society to fix a frame and give a form of respect to everyone. As a community we should target our language, ideas, or governmental and social policies to address perceived or actual acts of discrimination towards the members of our community that are politically, socially or economically disadvantaged. Being political correctness isn't just you can't say anything mean, or you can't have an opinion. [...]

[...] In reality how is political correctness not actually a different side of the same coin? To put it in a nutshell political correctness is a controversial concept and the opinions are divided. In a way it can go too far because of the multiplicity of cases and claims. Different people can abuse of it and require changes without sense. They profit of the system to win visibility our claim new concept for false causes. However, between the multitude of people, some fights are fair and need changes. [...]

[...] For example, the inequalities between men and women are not justified or justifiable and we need to fight for equal pay but on the contrary the inclusive writing is an absurdity because that doesn't influence people about the differences between both. The real importance is to understand why we use these or those words, or why not this expression. What are the issues? Whether or not political correctness has gone too far is a pretty subjective determination. That said, political correctness is often censorship in that it tends to compel folks to not freely express due to a fear of other reactions. Some confuse political correctness with civility the latter being a completely different thing. [...]

[...] On behalf of political correctness, we have to measure our words and some persons scream to discrimination just because of "negative" adjectives. Fat isn't an insult, it's often a reality. It's the same thing for people who want a gender-neutral toilet: you are a man or woman but not both or not anyone. This kind of causes are hard to defend; it's acceptable to feel more man or woman but we can't reproach someone else to consider you as a woman if it is how you were born. [...]

[...] In that way political correctness can't go too far if we understand what it is. People need to be a bit more wary about words: sometimes people can take things the wrong way. Some minorities or groups are trivialized. No, the Asians are not all Chinese. It doesn't hurt to try and look at things from other people's perspectives. II. Political correctness seems today a barrier to freedom of speech On the other hand, political correctness seems today a barrier to freedom of speech. [...]